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Trinamul Cooch Behar rift deepens Recently, leaders like Bhusan Singh, Khokon Mian, Parimal Burman have fumed against Roy’s arbitrary decisions in naming office-bearers, bias and incompetence
Infighting within Trinamul in Cooch Behar took a new turn with party leaders close to district party chief Partha Pratim Roy slamming party colleagues critical of Roy and demanding stringent steps against the critics.
Recently, leaders like former civic chief Bhusan Singh, district general secretary Khokon Mian, party leader from Cooch Behar-II block Parimal Burman have fumed against Roy’s “arbitrary” decisions in naming office-bearers, “bias” and “incompetence”.
District party spokesperson Shibapada Pal known to be close to Roy asked Trinamul state leadership to act against Roy’s critics for “indiscipline”, which he said was harming the party.