Suvendu called for “immediate acceptance” of his resignation in his letter to CM Banerjee and, prior to that, he resigned from the minister’s Alipore floor and Z-category security. Trinamool’s rebel leader, one of the party’s key instruments in his Continued consolidation of power in South Bengal, he also resigned the chairmanship of the Haldia Development Authority and abandoned all official sites of the department of transport and irrigation.
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Suvendu did not resign from the assembly or the party but told TOI hours before sending his resignation to the cabinet: “This is a one-man party. I couldn’t work the way I wanted. What’s the point of continuing?
Trinamool, however, found “hope” in the fact that Suvendu had not resigned from the party. MP Saugata Roy, who was tasked with speaking to Suvendu (to retain him), said: “This is sad for me personally, but it is not a final decision. Suvendu never spoke to me (with me) about breaking his ties with the party. He has not resigned as an MLA or as a party member. A window of opportunity remains. I will try to do my best. I will contact Suvendu and try to talk to him. ”
In the late afternoon, the prime minister discussed the issue with cabinet ministers Partha Chatterjee, Firhad Hakim, Aroop Biswas, and party MPs Subrata Bakshi and Abhishek Banerjee. After the meeting, he spoke with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, now in Darjeeling. The governor said he accepted the resignation with “immediate effect”, based on the recommendation. He said the three departments Suvendu had occupied – transportation, irrigation and waterways, and research and development of water resources – will now be with the prime minister.
Both of them Bjp and Congress wasted no time wooing Suvendu. Several BJP leaders, including central caretaker Kailash Vijayvargiya, state president Dilip Ghosh, and TMC leader-turned-BJP Mukul Roy, have repeatedly urged Suvendu to cross over. On Friday, Ghosh also welcomed the development. And the president of the state Congress, Adhir Chowdhury, said that this was “the beginning of the ashani sanket (bad news) of Trinamool”.
All eyes will now be on the Adhikari family: Suvendu’s father and Contai deputy from Trinamool, Sisir Adhikari; and Suvendu’s brothers, Dibyendu Adhikari (Trinamool Tamluk MP) and Soumendu Adhikari (Contai Municipality President).
The next Adhikari rally is in East Midnapore’s Mahishadal on Sunday. Trinamool seniors have unofficially admitted that the party has reason to be “very concerned.” Suvendu and his family control a substantial part of the party apparatus in East Midnapore (which has 16 seats) and every seat in this Trinamool stronghold may be important in what many expect to be a close assembly poll next year. But Suvendu’s influence extends beyond his own Nandigram constituency and East Midnapore district; He has foci of support in the districts of Jangalmahal (West Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia and Jhargram) and Murshidabad, where he has been an observer for Trinamool.
Trinamool may also have to deal with other potential dissensions that may follow Suvendu. Much will depend on how the leadership can counter the weakening of morale that occurred when the BJP made snatching Nabanna from Trinamool its most important target, say the party’s elders.
Suvendu himself has held several ‘apolitical’ public gatherings in his East Midnapore stronghold and then spread to neighboring districts such as Hooghly, even as posters have arrived in his support: “Amra Dada-r anugami (We are followers of Dada) “. on the walls of North Bengal to the south. Suvendu himself was careful not to cross the red line (he never spoke out against the party chief and CM Banerjee of Bengal), but the clearest indication of a divorce came on Thursday, when he resigned as chairman of the river bridge commissioners. Hooghly.
Suvendu has never come to light, but has often made it clear to his core group that he has been “uncomfortable” with the rise of the CM’s nephew and Diamond Harbor MP Abhishek Banerjee within the party. Suvendu loyalists have also hinted that he, like many other old TMC guards, did not like the growing importance of election strategist Prashant Kishor in party affairs. “One of the main grievances Suvendu endured was against perceived efforts to sideline him in the party,” a senior TMC leader told TOI. “Suvendu felt that it was impossible for him to prove his worth where he would have to accept not only Mamata-di but also others like Abhishek as his leader,” he added.
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