INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kolkata: West Bengal farming minister and veteran TMC leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay abandoned the Bhabanipur assembly seat on Friday,
paving method for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to object to bypoll from her old bastion, celebration sources said.Banerjee, who lost the
recently concluded polls from Nandigram, needs to get chosen to the assembly within six months to hang on to the chief minister's chair
TMC representative Kunal Ghosh, however, declined to divulge anything on Banerjee's re-election, and stated the party will come up with a
declaration at an appropriate time.Chattopadhyay tendered his resignation to Assembly speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay in the existence of senior
celebration leader and his ministerial coworker Partha Chatterjee.Before leaving for the state legislature, he informed PTI that he would
happily follow the celebration's choice
I am going to resign as the MLA of Bhabanipur seat
This is my choice along with that of the party
I am gladly abiding by it, the farming minister stated
The speaker, on his part, said, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay has resigned from the Bhabanipur seat voluntarily
I have accepted his resignation letter after verifying that he has actually taken the decision on his own with no pressure or danger
An area of celebration members speculated that the septuagenarian politician might be fielded from the Khardah seat, where bypoll has
actually been necessitated following the death of celebration leader Kajal Sinha due to COVID-19
There are others who claimed that Chattopadhyay might be chosen to Rajya Sabha
The veteran TMC leader said, We must work to ensure victory of our leader Mamata Banerjee from a seat, as Bengal can flourish and move
forward when she is at the helm
As there were talks within the party about her election to the assembly, and I was tapped in this regard, I readily agreed
He, nevertheless, clarified that he isn't too crazy about Upper Home nomination.Asked if he would quit as a minister, Chattopadhyay stated,
I will follow the party's directions
I am not aware of any such guideline, which requires my resignation from the ministerial post
Chattopadhyay, who had actually previously represented the Rashbehari assembly seat, contested from Bhabanipur this year and defeated BJP's
Rudranil Ghosh by a convincing margin.Banerjee had actually won the seat in 2011 and 2016.
