TMC expels two MLAs for 'anti-party' activities

Trinamool Congress connected Monday (June 1, 2026) suspended 2 MLAs, Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha for anti-party activities.

The expulsion bid came minutes aft Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told a property league astatine the State Secretariat that the 2 had filed complaints successful transportation with the ‘fake signature’ lawsuit successful the State Assembly, wherever the TMC endorsed Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay arsenic the Leader of Opposition.

“It has been brought to the announcement of the All India Trinamool Congress done its competent authorization that, contempt having been elected arsenic campaigner nominated by the AITC, you person repeatedly failed to be meetings convened by the authorised enactment of the enactment and person made yourself progressive successful anti-party activities,” a connection addressed to the 2 MLAs said.

“It has besides been observed that you person engaged successful activities and made statements that are prejudicial to the interests of AITC,” the connection signed by the enactment vice president, Chandrima Bhattacharya, added.

After owed information of the matter, the connection stated, the “competent authorization of the AITC has decided to expel you from the (primary) rank of the enactment with contiguous effect.

The West Bengal CID is conducting a probe into the alleged usage of forged signatures of enactment legislators successful a connection submitted to the Assembly Secretariat endorsing Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay arsenic the Leader of the Opposition.

(With inputs from PTI)