- By Nidhi Giri
- Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:53 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
- TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat.
- Sukhendu Ray had earlier warned TMC about the growing dissent.
- TMC has been hit by a series of resignations.
The Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat on Monday in a major blow to party supremo Mamata Banerjee. Earlier, Ray had warned the party stating that the dissent could spread to parliamentary seats as well. The resignation from the Upper House comes at a time when TMC is already facing rebellion from a group of MLAs.
Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan has accepted the resignation.
TMC Rift Deepens
On Saturday, Mohammed Ajmal Siddique, who was the party's minority cell's secretary, announced his resignation. Siddiqui resigned from all party posts, citing personal as well as some professional reasons in the letter. This came just a day after senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim resigned as the Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
In a clear sign of growing discontent within TMC, only 8 MLAs attended a meeting on Friday at former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence in Kolkata. This came days after 60 of the party's 80 MLAs skipped a key meeting, leading to its cancellation.
On the other hand, the TMC rebel legislators elected expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition, establishing control over the Trinamool legislative party.
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Ritabrata Banerjee said he has not spoken to any parliamentarian in the last seven days and, therefore, does not know what they will do. Speaking to ANI, Banerjee said he has not been in touch with any parliamentarians in the last seven days and, therefore, cannot comment on their possible decisions.
"I have not spoken to any parliamentarians in the last seven days. So I can't say what parliamentarians would do. But I live in the now. Nobody can say what will happen tomorrow. Have patience. A lot can happen," he said. Earlier on Wednesday, Banerjee said that 58 MLAs have been "accepted as the principal opposition" in the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly and that the Speaker has granted "us our claim".
Talking with reporters, Ritabrata Banerjee also said that they want TMC chief and former CM Mamata Banerjee "to be our chief advisor". Ritabrata Banerjee claimed the support of two-thirds of TMC's 80 newly elected MLAs. "This two-thirds strong legislative team of the Trinamool Congress inside the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly does not believe in 'I', it believes in 'we'. Whatever norms are framed out, we have followed every norm, and that's why we have been accepted as the principal opposition in the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly," he said.