TMC Dissent Deepens: Kakoli Dastidar Quits All Party Posts After Meeting Suvendu Adhikari

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Wednesday resigned from her post as the president of All India Trinamool Mahila Congress wing. Notably, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar's resignation comes a day after she met West Bengal Chief Minister and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, sparking a political buzz in the state.

This development comes at a time when TMC is facing massive crisis following its landslide defeat in the state Assembly elections, where it won just 80 out of 294 seats and lost power after ruling over West Bengal for 15 years. Recently, over 100 TMC councillors have resigned from municipalities across West Bengal, most notably in the Bhatpara Municipality, where 30 out of 35 councillors stepped down.

Kakoli Dastidar's Resignation Letter

‘Not Worth Staying’

In her resignation letter, Kakoli Dastidar stated that it is not worth staying in a position where the indecent behavior of an “uneducated and rude” party MP towards a woman MP cannot be stopped.

This was a veiled reference to TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, who was recently reinstated as the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha. His reinstation came after Kakoli Dastidar was removed from the post following TMC's landslide defeat in the state Assembly elections.

‘Not Leaving The Party’

Kakoli Dastidar has stressed that she is not leaving TMC, adding that she will keep on working as an “ordinary worker” of the party.

“I will continue my commitment to stand beside people and work in the interest of Bengal,” she stated.