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Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday said that he wants to resign from all posts, taking a swipe at a section of old guards in the party for being hand-in-glove with the BJP.

Ghosh, the party's state general secretary and spokesperson, denied rumors that he was planning to join any other party, instead, he said he he is a misfit within the system.

"I don't want to stay in the post of state general secretary and spokesperson. I am a misfit in the system. I am unable to continue like this. I am a soldier of the party and will continue to work for the party. Please stop this rumour that I am planning to join another party," he posted in X.

Later, he also spoke to a Bengali news channel and took a swipe at a section of senior party leaders for insulting him and behaving as if it was a "fiefdom of few leaders".

"They are behaving as if TMC is a fiefdom of a few leaders. In North Kolkata, we have Sudip Bandopadhyay who is more of a BJP leader than a TMC MP. He is behaving like another Shajahan Sheikh. He is soft towards the BJP because of corruption cases being probed by the BJP," he said.

Former TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh is among the main accused in the Sandeshkhali case.

"Across Bengal, TMC is fighting against the BJP in 41 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats. But in North Kolkata, it is BJP versus BJP as Sudip Bandopadhyay is hand-in-gloves with the BJP," he said.

Bandopadhyay could not be reached for comment.

Following this, Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee cracked a whip and issued a stern warning instructing party leaders to abstain from publicly discussing differences, emphasising that any violation may lead to disciplinary action.

The controversy began in November when the Wet Bengal CM advocated for respecting senior members and dismissed the notion that old leaders should retire from active politics.

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee endorsed a retirement age in politics and cited a decline in work efficiency and productivity with advancing age.

The party appears divided on the issue, with senior leaders not willing to embrace the maximum age limit theory proposed by Abhishek Banerjee, and the young brigade seeking more space in the party.

This ongoing controversy recalls a two-year-old internal struggle within the TMC between the old guard and the younger faction.