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TMC slams Dinesh Trivedi after he leaves party.
The dissent within the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) conduct over its functioning is wide-out in open, months before Assembly Election 2021. With many ministers, leaders already leaving the party, questioning the functioning of the party, in a latest, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi on Friday resigned from the party, saying he feels suffocated and helpless . I am resigning from the party as there is violence in my state, I am grateful to my party that it sent me here. I am feeling suffocated that we are not able to do anything over violence in the state, said Dinesh Trivedi, while making the announcement on the floor of the Upper House.
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