Chandrima Bhattacharya resigns as TMC's WB chief, meets rebels

In another setback for an embattled Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the party's West Bengal president Chandrima Bhattacharya on Saturday resigned from all party posts. Bhattacharya was appointed state president after the Assembly election defeat. She had replaced Subrata Bakshi as state president after Mamata Banerjee dissolved all party committees and restructured the organisation on June 3, following the electoral setback against the BJP. “I hereby tender my resignation from the post of the state president of All India Trinamool Congress which had been conferred on me in the meeting at Kalighat on June 3. I also hereby resign from all other posts which I hold at present,” Bhattacharya wrote in her resignatio letter. She addressed Mamata Banerjee as the former chief minister and not as the TMC chairperson.Hours after her resignation, Chandrima Bhattacharya was seen holding a meeting with the TMC rebel camp at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Hours after #TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya resigned from the post of state president of TMC, Bhattacharya seen holding a meeting with the TMC rebel camp at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. pic.twitter.com/0Sr0jw2sfP

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Mamata Banerjee camp MLA Kunal Ghosh, in a stinging retort to Chandrima Bhattacharya's resignation, asked why she did not resign "when she enjoyed plum portfolios given by Mamata Banerjee during her government". Chandrima Bhattacharya is a former minister in West Bengal and was long considered one of Mamata's closest aides.
Reacting to the latest exit from the Trinamool, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya said that People of Bengal have no interest in Mamata Banerjee's party anymore. "It doesn't matter anymore which direction the TMC is heading in and which faction is going to take charge of the party. People know TMC has lost its political relevance," he said.
The Trinamool Congress is facing an existential crisis as it has been hit by a stunning rebellion within its ranks since the Assembly election debacle. While a majority of its 80 MLAs have broken away and formed a separate group led by Ritabrata Banerjee, 20 of the party's MPs have also revolted and declared support for the NDA after merging with a little-known party, NCPI.