File photo of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari
DANTAN: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who recently jumped the ship from the TMC, said he is not a traitor as is being represented by his former party and hails from Medinipur, a land of patriots.
Maintaining that he had given oxygen to the TMC in its hour of need, Adhikari alleged that time and again, he had been given a raw deal by the ruling party s leadership after getting tough assignments done. The TMC which had been erased in the 2003 panchayat elections and was reduced to only one MP in 2004, could make a comeback in Paschim Medinipur district only in 2009, Adhikari, the backbone of the 2007 Nandigram movement said.
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Trinamool Congress MLA, Suvendu Adhikari has given his resignation from the West Bengal assembly. The ruling party minister has given up his portfolios of transport, irrigation and waterways in the State, is speculated to join BJP. Adhikari has had differences with TMC’s top leadership and management for some time now. He was having a difficult time in wake of the rise of Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee and the growing weight of election-strategist Prashant Kishor in the party.
After submitting his resignation to the Speaker’s office yesterday afternoon, Adhikari went to the residence of Sunil Mondol, Trinamool MP from Barddhaman Purba constituency. Among party leaders, who are also seen as being upset with the Trinamool leadership, present there were Col Diptangshu Chowdhury, chairman of South Bengal State Transport Corporation; Jitendra Tiwari, former mayor and current administrator and TMC president of Paschim Burdwan unit; and