Challenge for Mamata: Why veterans are leaving TMC ahead of Bengal election
In a major blow to Mamata Banerjee, several top politicians including Suvendu Adhikari, Rajib Banerjee and others have quit TMC and joined BJP ahead of the 2021 West Bengal election.
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UPDATED: February 15, 2021 18:00 IST
Bengal is likely to see a multi-cornered contest in the state Assembly election 2021 in April with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC and the BJP primarily vying for power. (File photo)
Bengal politicians Dinesh Trivedi, Mukul Roy, Arjun Singh, Suvendu Adhikari, Rajib Banerjee, Baishali Dalmiya, Shilbhadra Dutta, Karibul Islam, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, Banasree Maiti and Prabir Ghosal have one thing in common - a recent past in the Trinamool Congress of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Two more TMC MLAs quit party, West Bengal speaker rejects Suvendu Adhikari s resignation citing House rules
WB Speaker Biman Banerjee says he has not accepted Adhikari s resignation as it does not conform to the provisions of the Constitution and the rules of the House.
TMC rebel Suvendu Adhikari
Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Elections scheduled for next year, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been rocked by several high-profile exits in recent days, including ministers in the state cabinet and two legislators.
On December 18, two MLAs, Shilbhadra Dutta and Banasree Maiti, quit the party and speculations are rife that most of these leaders might jump ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).