TMC heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari resigns as Bengal transport minister

KOLKATA: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari, who has been at odds with the party's top brass, tendered his resignation as the state's transport minister on Friday.

He sent his resignation letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by fax, which he then forwarded to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar by e-mail.

"Today at 1:05 pm a resignation letter of Mr. Suvendu Adhikari from office as minister addressed to Hon'ble Chief Minister has been forwarded to me. The issue will be addressed from constitutional perspective," the governor tweeted.