Suvendu Adhikari attacks TMC, says people being sidelined, humiliated in party ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 17:48 IST Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 19 (ANI): Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday wrote an open letter to TMC workers stating that the 'very people on the backs of whom the party was created are being sidelined, humiliated and outcast'. Adhikari asked them to join hands and start a new beginning. The letter states, "Our fight is to restore West Bengal to its glory." After resigning as a TMC member, Suvendu Adhikari joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday in the presence of Union Minsiter Amit Shah at a rally in Midnapore, West Bengal. Adhikari, who switched over to the BJP from the Mamata Banerjee-led party, said "an extremely deep rot and malaise" has set in to the Trinamool Congress.