TMC appeases Satabdi with post of Bengal unit vice-president

KOLKATA: Actor-turned-TMC MP Satabdi Roy was on Sunday given a greater say in the party’s affairs after she was made its Bengal unit vice-president.

The appointment was made within 48 hours of Roy’s meeting with party MP Abhishek Banerjee on Friday when she alleged that she was being “left out of party programmes” and “finding it difficult to work”. Two other TMC members — Moazeem Hossain and Shankar Chakraborty — were also appointed vice-presidents. Hossain was recently removed from the post of Malda Trinamool district chairman. Chakraborty from South Dinajpur is a former PWD minister.