West Bengal Rebel TMC Minister Suvendu Adhikari Quits Cabinet

West Bengal Rebel TMC Minister Suvendu Adhikari Quits Cabinet

New Delhi: The West Bengal transport minister Suvendu Adhikari dealing a heavy blow to the Trinamool Congress and Mamata Banerjee in the run-up to the assembly polls on Friday afternoon resigned from the state cabinet.

He sent his resignation letter to Mamata Banerjee and emailed a copy to governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at 1.05 pm, facing speculation that the rebel may quit the party.

"Today at 1:05 pm a resignation letter of Mr Suvendu Adhikari from office as minister addressed to Honourable Chief Minister has been forwarded to me. The issue will be addressed from constitutional perspective," Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted.

Today at 1:05 pm a resignation letter of Mr. Suvendu Adhikari from office as minister addressed to Hon’ble Chief Minister has been forwarded to me.
The issue will be addressed from constitutional perspective. pic.twitter.com/cxjF68uomH

— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) November 27, 2020

The legislator from the Nandigram in East Midnapore distrcit Mr. Addikari had resigned from the post of the chairman of the Hoogly River Bridge Commission on Thursday night.

Also, there were reports that he also resigned from the Haldia  Development Authority where he was the chairman.

“I still believe that he will not quit the party. We will try to talk to him,” said TMC Lok Sabha member and party spokesperson Saugata Roy who had been holding talks with Adhikari over the past few days.

Adhikari on November 10 threw a veiled challenge at the party while addressing the pubic rally at Nandigram.

“Political observers are waiting for me to announce my political programme. They want to hear me talk about the roadblocks I am facing and the path I am going to take. I will not announce my political programme from this scared platform. This is not the place. I will speak from a political platform,” Adhikari said at the rally.

“I am not afraid of anyone. We will meet on the battlefield,” he added without naming anyone or even the TMC.

Senior BJP leader said that Mihir Goswami another rebel legislator from Cooch Behar was on his way to Delhi. He was likely to join the BJP at the BJP headquarter in the presence of the party's national president JP Nadda on Friday afternoon.

“The days of the Mamata Banerjee government are numbered. Adhikari has dealt a blow to the ruling party,” said BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. He however refused to comment on whether Adhikari was going to join his party.

(With inputs from PTI)

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