Just before the Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) veteran leader Tapas Roy offered his resignation from both the job and the party on Sunday, dealing a serious blow to the party.
The MLA from Baranagar stated that he left the party because he thought no one respected him. Tapas Roy is also Deputy Whip of TMC.
“I resigned because I felt that I was not respected in this party, many times such situations arose where I felt this. The ED team reached my house on January 12th, it has been many days since the incident took place but no sympathy or cooperation has been received from the party,” he said.
A day after being announced as the BJP’s candidate for Bengal’s Asansol constituency, well-known Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh withdrew from the Lok Sabha contest, in a poll twist that few anticipated.
The singer revealed that he was withdrawing from the competition “due to some reason” by posting on his official X account.
“I express my heartfelt gratitude to the top leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party. The party trusted me and declared me as the candidate from West Bengal’s Asansol but due to some reason, I will not be able to contest the elections from Asansol,” Singh posted from his X handle on Sunday.