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Third Minister Quits Mamata Banerjee s Government, Breaks Down On Camera Third Minister Quits Mamata Banerjee s Government, Breaks Down On Camera His move comes days after he had complained about some leaders in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) carrying out propaganda against him.
Rajib Banerjee has not named anyone who he claimed was carrying out propaganda against him.
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He is the third minister to resign from the state government in one month
He had claimed some TMC leaders were carrying out propaganda against him
Kolkata:
West Bengal Minister Rajib Banerjee today quit the government citing a change of portfolio two years ago and broke down on camera, saying: I never thought a day would come when I would have to take such a difficult step . He is the third minister to resign this month in the middle of an exodus from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress ahead of elections.
TMC MLA Rajib Banerjee speaks to media after resigning as West Bengal forest minister (PTI photo)
NEW DELHI: The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal suffered yet another setback on Friday as the state forest minister Rajib Banerjee resigned from Mamata Banerjee s cabinet.
The TMC, however, put up a brave front and asserted that Rajib s move would have no impact on the party.
In fact, it went a step further and expelled another disgruntled MLA, Baishali Dalmiya, who had come out in support of the former minister.
Reacting to Rajib Banerjee s resignation, Dalmiya had said that honest and sincere people have no place in the party. Corrupt people are calling the shots in Howrah district. There is no place for the honest ones.
Trinamool expels Bally MLA
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January 22, 2021 19:54 IST
Baishali Dalmiya had voiced support for Rajib Bannerjee and Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who quit the party
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TMC MLA Baishali Dalmiya.
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Baishali Dalmiya had voiced support for Rajib Bannerjee and Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who quit the party
Cracking the whip against dissenting party leaders, the Trinamool Congress on Friday expelled Baishali Dalmiya, MLA from the Bally Assembly constituency in Howrah district and daughter of well-known cricket administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya.
Reacting to the development, Ms. Dalmiya said the party will have to specify what anti-party activities she has been accused of. The MLA said she was spared the task of tendering her resignation and would expose the TMC’s corruption.
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Dalmiya’s daughter expelled from TMC for anti-party moves
TMC MLA Rajib Banerjee talks to the media after resigning as West Bengal forest minister, outside Raj Bhawan in Kolkata on Friday. (Photo:PTI)
Kolkata: A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi s brief Kolkata visit, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee received yet another blow as one more rebel Trinamul Congress minister, Rajib Banerjee, quit her government, fuelling speculation of his defection to the BJP.
Within hours of Rajib s move, the TMC expelled his loyalist and the daughter of former ICC chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, Baishali Dalmiya, from the party, accusing her of anti-party activities after she supported him and slammed the party leadership. Rajib and Dalmiya are MLAs from Howrah district.