TMC's Sukhendu Ray quits party, resigns as Rajya Sabha MP with praise for BJP
After Mamata Banerjee lost her grip over the Trinamool Congress's MLAs, a second wave of setbacks has now hit the party's parliamentary ranks, with Sukhendu
After Mamata Banerjee lost her grip over the Trinamool Congress's MLAs, a second wave of setbacks has now hit the party's parliamentary ranks, with Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, the TMC's longest-serving member in the Rajya Sabha for over a decade, resigning both as an MP and from the party. In his resignation letter to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Sukhendu said the people of Bengal had "rejected the party's rampant corruption, extreme oppression of women, and its utter failure and the severe anarchy prevailing across sectors, including education, healthcare, industry, employment, and law and order." Read Full Story Praising BJP, Sukhendu further wrote: "The voters have, for the first time in Bengal’s history, given the Bharatiya Janata Party a massive victory in terms of seats.
The newly elected government has already begun working to implement multiple programmes for Bengal’s overall development and reconstruction, in line with its election promises." The veteran TMC leader shot the letter to Mamata as she is in Delhi, desperately trying to stitch together an INDIA bloc after the recent drubbing in the Assembly polls. Following the TMC's poll debacle, the party founded by Mamata Banerjee has effectively split into two camps, with rival faction leader Ritabrata Banerjee becoming the Leader of the Opposition in the Bengal Assembly after claiming the support of 61 of the party's 80 MLAs.
As Mamata seeks to retain her bargaining power at the INDIA bloc meeting today, her leverage appears to be rapidly diminishing following the resignation of the party's chief whip in the Rajya Sabha. Adding to her troubles, as many as 23 TMC MPs are said to be in touch with the rebel faction. Sources told India Today that after the split in the legislative wing, the party's parliamentary wing could be headed for a similar rupture.
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