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Election to the 294-member West Bengal assembly is likely to be held in April-May 2021.
In yet another jolt to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), party MLA Banasri Maity resigned from the party s primary membership on Friday marking yet another such exit in the past 48 hours. The two-time MLA from West Bengal s Kanthi Uttar constituency said she has sent her resignation to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee over email. I do hereby tender my resignation from the primary membership of the All India Trinamool Congress as well as from each and every post or assignment given to me in connection with my membership of the party, Maity said in her letter. This has triggered speculations that the legislator might join the long list of ruling party leaders who are likely to join the BJP.