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Roy submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and said he had already assign in his papers on March 1 for the a few event and grunt government positions he held.
Mature Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Tapas Roy resigned from the event on Sunday (Mar 3) simply months sooner than the Lok Sabha elections in India, the news agency PTI reported. Roy, 67, an MLA from West Bengal’s Baranagar said he quit as he felt he used to be no longer revered in the event. Roy submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and said he had already assign in his papers on March 1 for the a few event and grunt government positions he held.
Talking to newshounds open air his draw, Roy criticised the TMC leadership for no longer standing by him when his condominium used to be raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in January.
Roy hits out at Mamata Banerjee
He said that TMC Supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “stood in the meeting and said that the ED used to be concentrating on Shajahan Sheikh. I was gazing for her to be in contact a note or two about the raids at my space which devastated my household. Nevertheless no longer a note used to be spoken.”
“I basically enjoy causes to imagine that a half of my event leaders were guilty for orchestrating the ED operation at my draw. I was devastated to know that some of them were rejoicing when my condominium used to be being raided and my family members were struggling deep trauma,” he added.
The 67-365 days-veteran extra expressed gratitude for opposition event leaders who reached out to him at some stage in the raids. “Fifty-two days enjoy handed since the raids, but I haven’t obtained a single cell phone call from the supreme leader (Mamata Banerjee) providing her reassurance,” he extra said.
Roy resigned despite TMC leaders dashing to his draw on Monday morning of their remaining-ditch effort to pacify and dissuade him from conducting his resolution to resign, PTI reported.
TMC dismisses Roy’s allegations
The TMC pushed apart Roy’s allegations as baseless, and said that the 67-365 days-veteran used to be exerting “undue pressure for a label” from the North Kolkata seat for the upcoming elections.
The TMC furthermore wondered the timing of his resignation and identified his historical previous of transferring event allegiance.
“For rather some time, Roy used to be making baseless allegations against event leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay. He used to be looking out to exert pressure by the expend of plenty of undue intention. He used to be looking out to blackmail the event for a label from the North Kolkata seat. Now, he would possibly well perchance furthermore simply join the BJP,” senior TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee.
Talking to PTI, TMC sources said that the event bought in contact with Roy simply two days after the ED raids.
(With inputs from agencies)
