Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee suffered one other jolt amid the continued insurrection with get together chief Sushmita Dev resigning because the Rajya Sabha MP on Wednesday. She tendered her resignation to Vice President CP Radhakrishnan in a letter.
And in one other attention-grabbing flip of occasions, Sushmita Dev met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma simply minutes after tendering her resignation, fuelling speculations that she may be becoming a member of the BJP.
“I do hereby resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha, which can please be accepted with rapid impact. I convey my honest gratitude to Your Excellency, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman and all functionaries of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat extending all assist and cooperation throughout my tenure as a Member of the Rajya Sabha,” the letter learn.
The resignation marks the second departure from the Rajya Sabha inside per week for the Trinamool Congress. The primary main setback got here when Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who had served because the get together’s chief whip within the Higher Home for 13 years, resigned from Parliament after sending a strongly worded letter to get together chief Mamata Banerjee.
In his resignation letter, Roy claimed that the folks of West Bengal had turned towards the Trinamool Congress due to what he described as widespread corruption, the get together’s failure to make sure girls’s security, and deteriorating situations in key sectors comparable to schooling, healthcare, trade, employment and regulation and order.
The TMC’s tally within the Rajya Sabha now stands at 11 following the 2 resignations.
Repeated setbacks to Mamata Banerjee
This comes after the insurrection within the West Bengal meeting, the place 58 MLAs reportedly backed insurgent chief Ritabrata Banerjee.
Dev, a former Congress Lok Sabha MP from Assam’s Silchar constituency, joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021 after shedding the 2019 common election. She rapidly emerged as a distinguished face of the get together, serving as its nationwide spokesperson earlier than being nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
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