In East Midnapore district, where the Trinamool made a clean sweep of the Zilla Parishad, there have been frequent skirmishes among the party members in the past few days. For instance, in Chandipur block, skirmishes had erupted among party supporters over the post of pradhan and upa-pradhan.

In two other gram panchayats — one each in the Haldia and Tamluk block — Trinamool candidates had laid claim to the post of the panchayat pradhan and upa-pradhan with the support of the CPM and BJP supporters.

Trinamool district president Shishir Adhikary said: “I am aware of such incidents. But we cannot stop it. This is a new party and we are trying to instill discipline among our workers. We will report the incidents to our party high command.” He admitted that Trinamool leaders at the grassroots level have sought the support of the CPM and BJP.