Trinamool MLA Tapas Roy resigns over Sandeshkhali, 'corruption' in party

Kolkata: Major fissures have developed in the Trinamool Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with Baranagar MLA Tapas Roy resigning from all the government posts he held as MLA and giving up his security on Monday. He came down heavily on the Trinamool over corruption and the Sandeshkhali issue. Roy's resignation comes two days after Trinamool spokesperson and state general secretary Kunal Ghosh gave up his party post and security, saying he prefers to remain an ordinary party worker. However, on Monday, Ghosh was issued a showcause for openly slamming party MP Sudip Bandopadhyay.

Roy expressed his unhappiness over Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's speech in the assembly, wherein she was seen 'protecting' Sheikh Shahjahan over the ED raids in his house, but not uttering a word about the ED raid in his house. A senior leader with 23 years of association with the Trinamool Congress, Roy called the raids "the handiwork of some Trinamool leader in North Kolkata".

Roy, known as an honest man in party circles, said he has been deeply hurt by the continuous corruption being "dug" out, the plight of Sandeshkhali and not getting a single call from the leadership.