Abhishek Sent Me to Jail, Told Mamata 4 Times to Remove Him: TMC's Anubrata Mondal
- On Wednesday, senior Trinamool Congress leader and Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra resigned from the faction led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, joining the rebel camp headed by Ritabrata Banerjee.
- A long-time trusted lieutenant of Mamata, Mitra had publicly expressed differences with party leadership in recent months, despite repeatedly denying he would leave the organization.
- The veteran legislator resigned from all national and state organizational committees of the Mamata Banerjee-aligned "Kalighat TMC" and stepped down as chief whip in the West Bengal Assembly with immediate effect.
- "I have only changed my room, not my house. I am very much in the TMC," Mitra said, clarifying he will continue as a Trinamool Congress MLA despite relinquishing organizational roles.
- Mitra's high-profile defection strengthens the rebel camp's argument that discontent extends beyond a handful of dissidents, particularly after he claimed he advised Abhishek Banerjee to step aside for "six months or a year" for organizational rebuilding.
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TMC MLA Madan Mitra crosses over to Ritabrata's rebel camp
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra on Wednesday, July 15, crossed over to the rebel camp led by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, dealing another blow to beleaguered Mamata Banerjee’s faction as the TMC’s post-election crisis deepened, even as the legislator insisted that he had not quit the party. Mitra likened Mamata Banerjee to “Dhritarashtra and Gandhari” for what he alleged was her blind love for nephew Abhishek, whom…
Abhishek sent me to jail, told Mamata 4 times to remove him: TMC's Anubrata Mondal
The broadside came hours after veteran TMC MLA Madan Mitra formally joined the dissident camp led by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, adding to the escalating rebellion against the Mamata Banerjee-Abhishek Banerjee leadership. Mondal is already a part of the rebel group.
'I’ll live to see your end': Mamata Banerjee targets BJP after Madan Mitra joins TMC rebel camp
Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of using central agencies to engineer defections after Madan Mitra joined a TMC rebel camp. Defending Abhishek Banerjee, she alleged political persecution and said leaders who switched sides did so out of fear.
Mamata's long-time aide Madan Mitra joins rebel camp
Senior Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra has joined the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee, resigning from all organisational posts under Mamata Banerjee's leadership while maintaining his Trinamool MLA status. This move significantly bolsters the rebel camp and intensifies the power struggle within the party, coming amidst a municipal recruitment scam investigation involving Mitra's family.
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