Nantu Paul, the dissident Trinamul leader who had threatened to quit the party on not getting the party ticket from the Siliguri Assembly seat, stuck to his stand despite efforts from his colleagues to make him stay.
Paul, a popular political face in the city, on Tuesday resigned from Trinamul and stepped down from his official posts.
For the past few days, Paul had been vocal about his disappointment over Trinamul’s decision to field Omprakash Mishra from Siliguri.
He repeatedly said that the party should have selected a local leader as the candidate and that he would stand as an Independent from Siliguri.