Kolkata: Deepening the organisational and legislative battle within the TMC, Mamata Banerjee's camp has sought removal of Firhad Hakim as the party's chief whip in West Bengal Assembly and proposed Madan Mitra as his replacement, after the ex-Kolkata mayor joined the dissident faction led by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee.
The move came hours after the TMC leadership show-caused Hakim and accused him of anti-party activities for accepting a position in the rebel camp's parallel organisational structure announced on Monday.