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Barrackpore MLA Silbhadra Dutta severed ties with the party on Friday morning.
Former minister Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, too, has announced that he would leave the TMC and join the BJP.
Banerjee Friday night termed the deserters as baggage for the party and said it is good that rotten elements are leaving on their own.
Banerjee held an internal meeting with a select group of leaders at her residence to take stock of the situation.
According to party sources, Banerjee told TMC leaders not to be worried about the desertions as the people of the state are with them. Our party supremo during the meeting told us not to be worried about the desertions as it is good that the rotten elements are leaving the party on their own. She said deserters were baggage for the party, a senior TMC leader said on condition of anonymity after the closed-door meet.
Drama unfolded in the Trinamool Congress late on Friday when MLA Jitendra Tiwari did a U-turn within 24 hours of tendering his resignation from the party. Tiwari reportedly said he had made a mistake and urged the party leadership to not accept his resignation.
The Pandabeswar MLA had resigned as the chief of the Asansol Municipal Corporation on Thursday and quit the party hours later to follow rebel leader Suvendu Adhikari into the BJP.
On Friday, however, Tiwari met senior Trinamool leader Arup Biswas and poll strategist Prashant Kishor at south Kolkata s Suruchi Sangha club. It was my mistake. There were some misunderstandings. Whatever I said it was absolutely wrong on my part. I am told that Didi was hurt at my gesture. I cannot do anything that hurts Didi, Tiwari told media after the meeting.
Updated Dec 18, 2020 · 06:02 pm
Trinamool Congress MLA Silbhadra Dutta and the party’s minority cell general secretary Kabirul Islam on Friday resigned from their posts, reported NDTV. With these resignations, four politicians have quit from the party’s positions within a span of two days.
On Thursday, former West Bengal minister Suvendu Adhikari and MLA Jitendra Tiwari had quit ahead of the state Assembly elections next year. Five local TMC leaders in the Malda district also tendered their resignations on the same day.
Many of the rebel leaders are expected to join the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He is scheduled to visit the state on Saturday.
Why Suvendu Adhikari, who quit TMC and will likely join BJP, matters in West Bengal politics
While the suspense continues over his future plans, Suvendu Adhikari is reportedly just a step away from joining many other TMC rebels in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
TMC rebel Suvendu Adhikari
Mamata Banerjee’s trusted lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari has dumped the West Bengal Chief Minister months ahead of next year’s assembly polls.
Suvendu, credited with strengthening the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in rural West Bengal resigned as an MLA from Nandigram on December 16. He resigned as state transport minister last month.