The Trinamool Congress (TMC), the ruling party in West Bengal, has suspended three of its spokespersons—Kohinoor Majumdar, Riju Dutta, and Kartik Ghosh—for six years due to alleged anti-party remarks following the party's defeat in the recent assembly elections. The TMC faced a significant loss, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing 207 seats compared to TMC's 80 seats in the 294-member assembly. The decision to suspend the spokespersons came after the party issued show-cause notices to five individuals for comments deemed critical of the party's leadership and electoral strategy. TMC MP Derek O'Brien, a member of the disciplinary committee, stated that the party sought explanations from the spokespersons regarding their comments, which included public questioning of the leadership's functioning and campaign strategies. Majumdar and others had expressed dissatisfaction with the party's internal processes and praised certain actions of the BJP government, further aggravating the situation. O'Brien and fellow committee member Chandrima Bhattacharya refrained from commenting on the matter.