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Trinamool Congress (TMC) State number compartment caput Ajmal Siddiqui connected Saturday (June 6, 2026) announced his resignation from the party, squarely blaming Abhishek Banerjee for what helium describes arsenic the party's ongoing collapse.
Speaking to ANI, Mr. Siddiqui stated that his determination to discontinue was driven by the party's interior civilization and the power of its leadership.
"The enactment is collapsing contiguous solely due to the fact that of 1 man: Abhishek Banerjee. His dictatorial cognition and the oppression we faced — mendacious cases filed against america 12 oregon 13 years ago, demands for wealth — were unbearable," Mr. Siddiqui said.
Reflecting connected his clip wrong the TMC, Mr. Siddiqui claimed that the organisation has shifted distant from serving the public. "I returned from the Hajj pilgrimage conscionable 2 days ago. Upon my return, I decided that this enactment brings thing but disrepute; the bulk of its members are progressive successful unsavoury activities — scandals support surfacing, and much volition apt emerge. Staying successful this enactment felt precise uncomfortable for us, and it wasn't doing immoderate existent enactment for the people," helium explained.
He further characterised the party's interior operation arsenic merit-averse, alleging that genuine effort is overshadowed by sycophancy. "It is simply a enactment successful sanction only; you cannot execute thing meaningful wrong it. Only those who person risen done sycophancy thrive there. So, aft returning, I decided it was champion to resign," Mr. Siddiqui added.
When asked astir his aboriginal governmental way and whether helium intends to question a relation wrong the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mr. Siddiqui emphasised that his contiguous absorption remains connected determination development. "We haven't thought astir that yet. Our lone tendency is to spot improvement successful Bengal — industries established and jobs provided to the poor..."
The improvement comes amid the backdrop of heightened governmental turbulence wrong the TMC pursuing claims by a radical of rebel MLAs, including expelled enactment leaders Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, who person said they person the backing of 58 legislators successful the West Bengal Assembly, and rejected the enactment leadership's prime of Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay for the station of Leader of Opposition (LoP).
Ritabrata Banerjee aboriginal claimed that the faction had been "accepted arsenic the main opposition" successful the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly and that the Speaker had acknowledged "our claim".
"This two-thirds beardown legislative squad of the Trinamool Congress wrong the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly does not judge successful 'I', it believes successful 'we'. Whatever norms are framed out, we person followed each norm, and that's wherefore we person been accepted arsenic the main absorption successful the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly," helium said.
"We privation Mamata Banerjee to beryllium our main advisor, to springiness america proposal that volition assistance america successful strengthening our presumption arsenic the opposition. Eighty members were elected by the Trinamool Congress symbol. More than two-thirds of them person fixed our claim, and the assertion has been accepted," helium added.
