Big blow to Mamata! Another TMC leader Madan Mitra quits, joins rebel camp
Madan Mitra, a prominent Trinamool Congress MLA, has resigned from the party's main faction to join a rebel group led by Ritabrata Banerjee. The move follows internal party tensions and ongoing legal scrutiny involving the Enforcement Directorate.
Why it matters
This indicates significant political instability within the Trinamool Congress, potentially impacting regional power dynamics in India.
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Madan Mitra on Wednesday resigned from the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the party and joined the rebel TMC faction headed by Ritabrata Banerjee, dealing another setback to the former chief minister's camp.His exit comes amid a series of defections from the Mamata Banerjee-led faction, with several senior leaders and MLAs joining the rival group led by Ritabrata Banerjee in recent weeks following the political split in the party.Speaking to reporters after joining the rebel camp, Mitra accused TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee of refusing to step aside despite the party's crisis."I had suggested to Abhishek Banerjee that he step aside for six months or a year. I told him, let us build the party, and then you can come back and take your seat, but he refused. He said, 'I won't leave the party.'
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