Deadlock deepens in Krishnagar Municipality: TMC councillors summoned to Kolkata amid no-confidence drama

The deadlock in Krishnagar municipality shows no sign of resolution, as intra-party squabbles within the Trinamul Congress (TMC) continue to paralyse civic administration.

- BISWABRATA GOSWAMI

What was once hailed as a model municipality in the Nadia district is now caught in a web of political infighting, with repeated no-confidence motions stalling governance and bringing crucial development projects to a standstill.

Sources within the TMC confirmed that party leadership in Kolkata has summoned all TMC councillors of Krishnagar municipality to the party headquarters on 29 July, in an apparent bid to defuse the crisis that has thrown the 150-year-old institution into administrative turmoil. The move is being widely interpreted as a direct intervention by the party to curb rebellion in its ranks.

The municipality, comprising 25 wards, is currently left with 24 councillors following the recent demise of one. Of these, 20 belong to the Trinamul Congress, while the remaining four include two Congress councillors, one from the BJP, and one Independent. Yet, despite holding a comfortable majority, the TMC finds itself in an unusual quagmire—divided within and vulnerable to internal dissent.