Dynamite News Ahead of Bengal polls, Cabinet Minister Rajib Banerjee resigns
Ahead of the state Assembly polls, West Bengal Cabinet Minister Rajib Banerjee resigned from his post on Friday.
Kolkata: Ahead of the state Assembly polls, West Bengal Cabinet Minister Rajib Banerjee resigned from his post on Friday.
Banerjee was the Forest Minister in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's cabinet.
In the resignation letter to the Chief Minister, he did not mention the reason behind his decision.
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Earlier, Rajib Banerjee had expressed his discontentment over a few leaders in the TMC without revealing their names on Facebook.
"I want to work for the people and there are a few leaders who have been creating obstacles in my work. They falsely implicate my words. I feel sad when the top leadership does not say anything to these leaders," he had said.
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