Hitting the Congress at a time it will hurt the most, MLA sudip Bandopadhyaya announced plans to quit the Congress to join the Mamta Banrjee led Trinamool Congress on Sunday. In a separate development a breakaway faction of the Congress has also decided to ally with the Trinamool.
Bandopadhyay is scheduled to meet Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Monday.
Bandopadhyay left the Congress to join the Trinamool when the party was formed in 1998. He rejoined the Congress after his expulsion from the Trinamool in 2004. He expressed his resentment over the manner the Congress leadership had been ignoring “his seniority in politics,” citing it to be one reason for deciding to leave the party.
Another senior leader and former president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee Somen Mitra resigned from the party in July to form the Pragatisheel (Progressive) Indira Congress Dal that is now an ally of the Trinamool Congress.
Coming ahead of the parliamentary elections, the defections are significant, especially as they are being viewed as a pointer towards a possible principal the Trinamool will choose if it manages to improve poll showings next year.
Bandopadhyay is scheduled to meet Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Monday.
Bandopadhyay left the Congress to join the Trinamool when the party was formed in 1998. He rejoined the Congress after his expulsion from the Trinamool in 2004. He expressed his resentment over the manner the Congress leadership had been ignoring “his seniority in politics,” citing it to be one reason for deciding to leave the party.
Another senior leader and former president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee Somen Mitra resigned from the party in July to form the Pragatisheel (Progressive) Indira Congress Dal that is now an ally of the Trinamool Congress.
Coming ahead of the parliamentary elections, the defections are significant, especially as they are being viewed as a pointer towards a possible principal the Trinamool will choose if it manages to improve poll showings next year.
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