TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari quits party, rift out in the open PTI
Asansol (West Bengal): Strife-torn Trinamool Congress suffered another jolt Thursday with another heavyweight quitting the party. Jitendra Tiwari, MLA sent in his resignation stating he was leaving Trinamool Congress as he is not being allowed to work. Jitendra Tiwari was also the chief of the Asansol Municipal Corporation. He reigned from that position also. He was asked to wait till Friday by party supremo Mamata Banerjee, but Tiwari did not do so.
“I have resigned from the post of the chairman of the Board of Administrators of Asansol Municipal Corporation. If I am not allowed to work, what will I do with the post? So, I resigned,” he told reporters in the afternoon. Hours later, he announced that he has also resigned from the primary membership of the party, giving up the post of district president. “There is no point in continuing in the TMC as I am not being allowed to work for the people,” T
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TMC rebel leader Jitendra Tiwari rejects rumours of joining BJP ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 15:52 IST
Asansol (West Bengal) [India], December 18 (ANI): A day after resigning as Asansol civic body chief and Trinamool Congress (TMC) district president, rebel party leader Jitendra Tiwari on Friday rejected rumours of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Slamming the ruling party for removing his security, Tiwari said that the government took the step as it did not realise his worth. When the state govt thought my life was precious, it gave me security. Now as the govt feels my life has no worth, my security has been removed. I am going to Kolkata to meet my daughter. I am in no way going to join the BJP, he said while on his way to Kolkata from Asansol.
More problems for Mamata Banerjee before Assembly elections, another MLA resigns
On Friday, MLA Sheilbhadra Dutt and Minority Front leader Kabir-ul-Islam resigned. Earlier, Suvendu Adhikari and Jitendra Tiwari left the party. File photo: Mamata Banerjee
Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 01:39 PM IST
Ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Elections, problems of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are continuously increasing. In just one day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led TMC has suffered two major setbacks. On Friday, party MLA Sheilbhadra Dutta and Minority Front leader Kabir-ul-Islam resigned. Earlier, Suvendu Adhikari and Jitendra Tiwari left the party.
Shilabhadra Dutt, an MLA from Barrackpore in 24 Parganas district, has sent his resignation to Mamata Banerjee. It may be noted that Dutt has expressed his displeasure several times before regarding Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) chief Prashant Kishore. He had said that Prashant Kishore s work is lik
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