Trinamool top brass meets Adhikari to resolve differences

Kolkata, Dec 2 : West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress’ top brass held a high-level meeting with disgruntled party heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday night in a bid to iron out differences within the incumbent formation.
The closed-door meeting was discreetly held amongst Adhikari, Trinamool’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee, party’s leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay, veteran MP Sougata Roy and strategist Prashant Kishor at a building in north Kolkata.
“The meeting was extremely well. Suvendu said he is very much in the party. He is not going anywhere,” said Roy who was assigned by Mamata Banerjee to continue talks with the ex-transport minister.
Roy said that he invited Abhishek Banerjee and Adhikari to sit across for talks. He said that the outcome of the meeting was “really good” and it was conveyed to the party supremo immediately after the two-hour long session.
“I had been constantly saying all along that he would not leave the party. He is with us,” said Roy.
State Irrigation and Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari had tendered his resignation as minister from the Mamata Banerjee-led state cabinet on Friday morning. He has also left the chairperson’s post of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioner’s (HRBC) last week.