TMC MLA Tapas Roy Quits Party Ahead Of Polls, Wasn't Happy With Handling Of Sandeshkhali

TMC MLA Tapas Roy has resigned from the party in a major blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led organisation ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

TMC Baranagar MLA Tapas Roy Quits Party Ahead Of Polls

Source : ANI

In a setback to TMC, Baranagar MLA Tapas Roy has tendered his resignation from the post of the MLA and the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Earlier in the day, the MLA reportedly expressed his displeasure over the functioning of the party and the handling of the Sandeshkhali issue, dropping hints at quitting the organisation.

He told reporters after his resignation, "I resigned because I felt that I am not respected in this party, many times such situations arose where I felt this. The ED team reached my house on January 12th, it has been many days since the incident took place but no sympathy or cooperation has been received from the party."

 

"TMC is not for me... Wherever I see, there is corruption in this party, it is not right that someone else commits a crime and the rest get punished. I have been facing many kinds of conflicts and I did not go to the Assembly for a long time. I was not even attending party programs and today I have resigned. I have not decided anything yet about what I will do next," he added.

 

The deputy chief whip of the party in the Assembly also lashed out at the leadership for not extending support when his residence was raided by ED sleuths in January.

"I am really disappointed with the way the party is functioning. I am fed up with so many allegations of corruption levelled against the party and the government. Secondly, I do not support the way the Sandeshkhali issue was handled," he told reporters.

Top leaders of the party such as Kunal Ghosh and Bratya Basu reportedly met the disgruntled leader at his residence to pacify him, but in vain.

Roy has also been at loggerheads with TMC's North Kolkata MP Sudip Bandopadhyay.

"I have been a loyal soldier of the party for the last 25 years. But I did not get my due," he said.