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DARJEELING, : A fresh
wave of resignations hit the Trinamool Congress in the Darjeeling hills on Wednesday
with party leader and Darjeeling Municipality councillor Sanjay Gurung quitting
the outfit citing personal reasons.
Gurung,
president of TMC Darjeeling Hill Town Committee and councillor of Ward No. 5 of
the Darjeeling Municipality, submitted his resignation to TMC (Hills) president
Shanta Chettri.
“From
today onwards, I along with our party town vice-president here Pranoy Pradhan
have resigned from the party. The reason for my resignation from the party is
due to some personal reasons,” Gurung told reporters.
He,
however, said he would continue to work for the people.
In
his resignation letter, Gurung said he was stepping down from his post, party
membership and all responsibilities of the Hill Trinamool Congress with
immediate effect.
The
resignation comes close on the heels of a mass exit of TMC leaders and cadres
in Mirik earlier this month.
TMC
chairman L.B. Rai had then announced his resignation along with party members
in Mirik, while local committees of the party were also dissolved.
Gurung
was one of the two TMC councillors in the 32-member Darjeeling Municipality
board.
