KOLKATA — Fulfilling his cyclical pre-election obligations, a senior party MP issued an "explosive claim" this week that his own political organization will be completely finished within a few days, officials confirmed Tuesday.

"This is a devastating and entirely routine collapse," a party spokesperson said, noting that the organization also ceased to exist just before winning a landslide victory in the 2021 assembly elections, and was functionally destroyed again during its overwhelming victory in the 2023 panchayat polls. The spokesperson confirmed no disciplinary action would be taken against the MP, out of respect for the traditional leverage-seeking process ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Electoral records indicate a standardized protocol for such internal dissent. Lawmakers declaring the party's impending ruin typically cite "corruption" and a "lack of internal democracy" before defecting to the opposition, only to quietly return to their original posts several months later when their new alignment fails to yield the desired relevance.

"The entire structure will crumble by the weekend," the MP told reporters, pausing to check if the opposition had received his leverage signals, before returning to his office in the purportedly non-existent party headquarters.