Trinamool calls meeting to frame guideline for councillors

With several Trinamool Congress councillors facing allegations of involvement in syndicate business (supply of construction materials) and extortion, the party has convened a meeting of party councillors on August 19, where it is slated to draw up a "guideline of conduct".
According to TMC sources, party chief Mamata Banerjee was "extremely disappointed" with the "high-handed" attitude of a section of councillors, especially their involvement in syndicate and real estate business.
A TMC source said that Banerjee had warned against "high-handedness" by public representatives.
"Some of them have mended their ways and some not. It is giving a wrong perception about the image of the party," he said.

A TMC councillor of ward no 41 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Anindya Chattopadhyay was arrested last month on a complaint by a resident of the area about an alleged extortion bid, triggering stern action against several TMC leaders and councillors.