TMC MLA Madan Mitra joins rebel faction after ED summons to family

Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra has switched allegiance to a rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee, a day after his wife and sons were summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a corruption case. Mitra stated he had "only changed my room in assembly," but his move signals a deepening rift within Mamata Banerjee's party.

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I told ]Abhishek], let us build the party, and then you can come back and take your seat, but he refused. He said, 'I won't leave the party.'

Mitra expressed his desire for Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata's nephew and the party's national general secretary, to "step aside for six months" to allow for party rebuilding. When this demand was not met, Mitra resigned from his posts within the Trinamool Congress, though he remains an MLA. He lamented the party's focus on saving Abhishek Banerjee at the expense of others, describing the situation as "deeply saddening."

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The party is sinking; the boat has gone under. People are dying. Yet, the party decided or rather it was forced to accept that everyone else could die, but Abhishek had to be saved. It is deeply saddening.

"The party is sinking; the boat has gone under. People are dying. Yet, the party decided or rather it was forced to accept that everyone else could die, but Abhishek had to be saved," Mitra said at a press conference. He added that the party, which "belongs to everyone, yet it seems to have been reduced to serving only Abhishek."

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The party belongs to everyone, yet it seems to have been reduced to serving only Abhishek.

Mitra urged Mamata Banerjee to intervene, comparing the situation to a marathon where different "horses" might surge ahead. He declared his departure from "everything associated with Trinamool," emphasizing that he is no longer a "Trinamool MLA in the functional sense."

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I earnestly request Mamata ji to come, let us view this as a marathon. We will surely cross paths along the way. Let us see which horse surges ahead.