Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray Quits Amid Spiralling Crisis

The mutiny has finally hit the Trinamool in Parliament, and as fate had it planned, it occurred when party chief and former chief minister Mamata Banerjee is in Delhi. In a big setback for the political veteran who has just lost power, her longtime aide Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has quit Trinamool and resigned as Rajya Sabha MP amid a spiralling crisis in the party. This comes at a time the Trinamool is facing a massive internal rebellion that threatens to split the party, soon after it lost the public mandate and the government in West Bengal. Ray reached Parliament this morning to tender his resignation. He also gave up his Trinamool membership, though it is not clear immediately if he is planning to join another.