Mamata elected Trinamool legislature party chief
May 15th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was Sunday unanimously elected leader of the Trinamool Congress legislature party in West Bengal, moving a step closer to become the first woman chief minister of the state.
A meeting of the newly-elected party lawmakers also chose Partha Chatterjee, leader of the opposition in the outgoing assembly, as the deputy leader of the legislature party and Sovandeb Chattopadhyay the chief whip.
Banerjee announced that the party will hold a victory rally July 21 at the sprawling Brigade Parade ground.
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