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“There is nary lobby successful the enactment that favours anyone,” Mohammad Salim, West Bengal State caput of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), said connected Friday (February 20, 2026), rejecting allegations of lobbying and favouritism raised by estranged person Pratik Ur Rahaman.
The elder CPI(M) person avoided taking immoderate nonstop questions on Mr. Rahaman, adjacent arsenic governmental speculation grows astir the latter possibly joining the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Mr. Salim besides aimed the TMC and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying neither enactment has “original” young leaders and that astir are “stolen”, “rented” oregon “poached” from different parties. His remarks travel days after Mr. Rahaman resigned from his station successful the CPI(M) and publically aired his differences with the State leadership.
The seasoned CPI(M) person further added that individual exits from the party cannot weaken the party. “CPI(M) is not that anemic that it volition extremity due to the fact that immoderate radical person resigned... We tin lone effort to save people (referring to Mr Rahaman) when they are drowning, but we indispensable besides enactment alert so that you yourself bash not dice trying to prevention someone,” Mr. Salim added.
Mr. Salim further added that this is conscionable the beginning, and with time, many people volition alteration sides betwixt TMC and BJP earlier the elections. He besides added that Mr. Rahaman’s marque worth is expanding due to the fact that helium is questioning CPI(M) and has helped him travel to the limelight.
After his estrangement from the left, Mr. Rahaman has fixed aggregate interviews to section media houses and been vocal astir his differences with the party, especially Mr Salim. He has besides showered praises connected the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, giving emergence to superior governmental speculation that helium whitethorn soon beryllium joining hands with the ruling party.
“The mode our CM, Mamata Banerjee, fought astatine the Supreme Court, nary different CM has done this. They (CPI(M)) are saying this is each a stunt. I ask, wherefore did CPI(M) person Kerala CM, Pinarayi Vijayan, oregon M.A. Baby, not do this stunt? This would person astatine slightest sent a connection to the public,” Mr. Rahaman told a section media house. He besides went connected to praise the Lakshmir Bhandar (social information strategy for women) started by the TMC.
He besides questioned the CPI(M) leadership’s determination to conscionable with suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir for a treatment connected an confederation successful the upcoming 2026 State Assembly elections. Mr. Rahaman has besides accused that helium was not allowed to inquire questions wrong his ain enactment and that he was not allowed wrong enactment meetings, some nationalist and closed-door meetings.
Mr. Rahaman was a West Bengal State committee subordinate who resigned from his position at the enactment connected February 15, citing differences with the party’s enactment and their views.
“I, Pratik Ur Rahaman, am a full-time worker at the party. Currently, I am not capable to align with some ideologies and steps taken by the State and territory committee of the party... Hence, I person decided to resign from my station successful the party,” Mr. Rahaman’s resignation letter stated.
The estranged person fought the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee from the Diamond Harbour constituency.
