Stampede in TMC as soon as it came to power, now Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Rai resigns, targets Mamata

There is a period of political turmoil going on in Mamata’s party TMC. Here first 58 MLAs rebelled, now it is the turn of the MPs. Now TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Rai has resigned. He has cited corruption and nepotism as the reason behind his resignation. He said that in the recently held assembly elections, the people of West Bengal completely rejected the Trinamool Congress government’s corruption, nepotism and its failures in the sectors of education, health, industry, employment, law and order and infrastructure, as well as appeasement politics after 14 years of rule.

He said that ignoring all these shortcomings, the public has given a historic and decisive victory to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the first time in the history of Bengal. He said that the newly elected BJP government has started several initiatives to implement its election manifesto and for the all-round development and reconstruction of Bengal. Sukhendu Shekhar said that respecting this historic mandate of the people, I resign from the primary membership of Trinamool Congress and my membership of Rajya Sabha.

Rebel MLA arrived to meet Bhupendra Yadav

Several rebel MPs and MLAs of Trinamool Congress (TMC) gathered in Delhi on Monday to meet Union Ministers Bhupendra Yadav and Shubhendu Adhikari. According to sources, this meeting took place at the residence of Bhupendra Yadav. Shubhendu Adhikari was also present in this meeting. Inside pictures of the meeting have surfaced, in which rebel leaders can be seen talking to senior BJP leaders. The people present here included Sharmila Sarkar, Prasun Banerjee, Jagdish Basunia, Kalipada Soren, Asit Mal, Bapi Halder, Abu Tahir, Khalikur Rahman and Arup Chakraborty.

Meanwhile, former TMC leader Ritabrata Banerjee confirmed that he is in touch with the rebel MPs and had spoken to them yesterday itself. Earlier in the day, Shubhendu Adhikari was also seen at Delhi airport. This meeting has taken place amid growing speculation of a possible split in TMC, as rebel leaders are intensifying efforts to increase contact with the BJP leadership in the national capital.