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Rajib Banerjee had recently quit the Mamata Banerjee cabinet in West Bengal
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Banerjee represented the Domjur assembly seat
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‘I thank my party supremo Mamata Banerjee for providing me the opportunity to serve the masses’
Days after After resigning from Mamata Banerjee cabinet, Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned from the Trinamool Congress and the West Bengal Assembly. Rajib was the forest minister in the Bengal government and represented Domjur in Howrah.
Banerjee met Speaker Biman Banerjee at the state Assembly today and submitted his resignation letter.
“I have resigned as the MLA of the state assembly. I submitted my resignation letter to the speaker. I thank my party supremo Mamata Banerjee for providing me with the opportunity to serve the masses,” Banerjee, a two-time MLA, said.
Talking to the media after tendering his resignation Banerjee said he is still a member of the party but is not yet mentally prepared to take a step.
“I believe to do good for people, party affiliation is necessary in a dynamic democracy. I’ll tell you of my decision in coming days, he added.
‘I have resigned as the MLA of the state assembly’
“In the days to come, I would continue to serve the people of the Domjur constituency,” he added.
Earlier, in a letter to the CM, Rajib Banerjee had said, “I regret to inform you that I hereby tender my resignation from my office as Cabinet minister being in charge of Forest department.”
The TMC has been hit by a series of defections ever since Nandigram mascot and party heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari jumped ship to join the BJP along with nine MLAs.
