In one of the biggest political gains yet for the rebel Trinamool Congress faction, senior MLA Madan Mitra on Wednesday joined the camp led by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, dealing a fresh setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction even as he insisted he remained a member of the party.
The veteran Kamarhati legislator announced that he was resigning from all national and state organisational committees of the Mamata Banerjee-aligned "Kalighat TMC" and stepping down as the party's chief whip in the West Bengal Assembly with immediate effect. However, he maintained that his move did not amount to quitting the Trinamool Congress.
