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Chandrima Bhattacharya was appointed as TMC’s State President after the party’s election defeat against the BJP.
Chandrima Bhattacharya was one of Mamata Banerjee’s closest aides. (ANI)
In a major setback for Mamata Banerjee, top Trinamool Congress leader Chandrima Bhattacharya – who was appointed as the party’s state president after the election defeat – tendered her resignation from all party posts on Saturday.
Chandrima Bhattacharya replaced Subrata Bakshi as TMC’s State President during a meeting at Kalighat on June 3, as Mamata Banerjee dissolved all existing party committees and restructured the organisation following the electoral setback against the BJP.
“I hereby tender my resignation from the post of State President of All India Trinamool Congress which had been conferred on me in the meeting at Kalighat on 03.06.2026. I also hereby resign from all other posts which I hold at present,” she said in her resignation letter.
“Please note that I withdraw myself as the authorised signatory of All India Trinamool Congress and all other related organisations in respect of the accounts maintained in Various Banks. I also withdraw myself from being your authorised person before the Election Commission of India,” she added.
Who Is Chandrima Bhattacharya?
Chandrima Bhattacharya is a former minister in West Bengal and was long considered one of Mamata’s closest aides. She was the former Minister of State for Finance, Health and Family Welfare, Land Reforms, and Refugee and Rehabilitation in the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC governments.
Bhattacharya holds a law degree from the University of Calcutta and was a practising advocate till the 2011 elections. She was elected to the West Bengal Assembly after winning in Dum Dum Uttar on a TMC ticket.
Her departure marks another setback for the embattled Mamata Banerjee, as her party stares at an existential crisis with high-profile resignations and defections at both the West Bengal Assembly and Parliament.
A majority of the party’s legislators have distanced themselves from the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee after the crushing defeat against the BJP in the recent elections. More than 50 of the party’s 80 MLAs have broken ranks and joined the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee.
The crisis escalated as the rebel faction moved the Election Commission for control of the party’s symbol. However, the Mamata Banerjee-led camp has rejected the parallel organisational exercise and moved swiftly to assert its claim before the Election Commission.
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