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Senior Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy connected Monday (June 8, 2026) said that helium has resigned from the Rajya Sabha and from the party.
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Mr. Roy has been 1 of the dissenting voices successful the Trinamool Congress and had distanced himself from the enactment aft the debacle successful the 2026 assembly polls successful the State. The 77-year-old Trinamool person raised respective issues similar corruption successful the enactment and said determination was nary introspection successful the enactment aft the loss.
The resignation of Mr. Roy brings to the fore differences successful the Trinamool Congress MPs. Speculations are rife that much MPs whitethorn discontinue the Trinamool Congress. A recently elected enactment Rajya Sabha MP whitethorn besides discontinue the party.
The enactment is besides facing a rebellion successful its legislature party, with astir 60 MLAs electing a caller Leader of Opposition.
“The legislatures besides astir apt did not person the assurance that the enactment was moving successful the close direction. There was nary forum wrong the enactment to sermon the governmental issues and different societal issues,” helium told media persons successful Delhi.
After the rape and execution of a doc astatine Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital, Mr. Roy had criticised the party. “I was side-lined successful the enactment for long, had participated successful protests against the crime,” helium said.
A erstwhile Congress person who was adjacent to the erstwhile President Late Pranab Mukherjee, Mr. Roy had served successful the Rajya Sabha since 2011, and besides remained the main whip till 2024 and lawman person till 2019 .
