By Rahil Nora Chopra
After Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stepped down as president of the West Bengal Congress committee, the speculation is rife on his political future, who has represented Baharampur in the Lok Sabha for 25 years and was also the Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha between 2019 and 2024. Whispers among Congress insiders suggest that Chowdhury might be looking forward to a new future for himself, since he had critiqued the party high command for their leniency towards Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. Chowdhury, who lost his stronghold in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, expressed unhappiness over internal party decisions and the imminent leadership changes in West Bengal. While the party has begun discussions with around two dozen leaders from Bengal to choose the new state leadership, with Chowdhury out of the picture, the party would rethink its ties with the TMC. The buzz is that the MP from Maldaha South, Isha Khan Chaudhari, or Deepa Dasmunshi could be in the race for the post of the state president of the West Bengal Congress unit.
