US EditionTensions Escalate: Kalyan Banerjee Resigns as TMC Chief Whip
PRESIDENCY DIVISION, WEST BENGAL, AUG 4 – Kalyan Banerjee resigned citing poor coordination and absenteeism among TMC MPs, with only 11 of 29 attending Parliament, and disputes with fellow MPs worsening party unity.
- Senior Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee announced his resignation as the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha after a virtual meeting chaired by Mamata Banerjee on Monday.
- Citing coordination failures, Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo, criticised MPs for bickering, prompting Banerjee to resign as chief whip, citing moral obligation.
- Highlighting chronic absenteeism, Banerjee said, `Those whom Mamata Banerjee made MPs don't even come to Lok Sabha. TMC MPs from South Kolkata, Barrackpore, Bankura, North Kolkata, hardly anyone attends Parliament. I am being blamed for everything`, said Banerjee.
- The TMC quickly filled the vacancy by appointing party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as new leader in the Lok Sabha and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar as front-runner for chief whip.
- Amid talks of reconsideration, sources say Banerjee may reverse his resignation, as Abhishek Banerjee is set to meet him in Delhi on August 7.
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Tensions Escalate: Kalyan Banerjee Resigns as TMC Chief Whip
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"Pig", "Anti-Women": After Kalyan Banerjee Vs Mahua Moitra, A Resignation
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee put her house in order today after a verbal battle between Trinamool MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mohua Moitra made headlines, with words like "pig" and "anti-women" being bandied about.
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