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.