Kolkata: Doctor and Trinamool Congress leader, Santanu Sen, resigned from the post of the party’s All-India Spokesperson, by sending a letter to former Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo, Mamata Banerjee on Thursday.
The former Rajya Sabha MP said that he has decided to leave the post after accepting the verdict of the people in state Assembly elections.
Santanu had spoken out about hospital corruption after the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in 2024. At that time, he was suspended from the party for making anti-party statements. He was also removed from the post of party spokesperson. Later, he got the post back.
Now with Trinamool Congress out of power, Santanu has left that post again. He has sent a letter to the party leader in this regard. However, it is not yet clear whether his resignation has been accepted or not.
A few days ago, he posted a note on social media congratulating the newly-elected BJP government in the state and thanking new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
This made Trinamool uncomfortable. After that, on Wednesday, Santanu opened up about the RG Kar case. He said that he was ready to provide any assistance to the new government in investigating the incident.
He said, “I had to support many immoral acts as the party spokesperson. Even if my heart did not agree, I had to do all of them. It is clear from the results of the Assembly elections that people did not accept the RG Kar incident or recruitment scam. People should take that verdict seriously. That is why I resigned.”
In a letter to Mamata Banerjee, he wrote, “I have been working as a loyal soldier of the Trinamool since its birth. I have tried to work with sincerity whenever the party needed me. I thank you and express my gratitude for giving me the opportunity to work in various fields.”
He further said, “Even if my heart did not agree, I have fought for the party publicly in the media on many controversial issues during various difficult times, for which the common people have often told me many things. But now when people have rejected us for various immoral acts and corruption including the RG Kar incident, job theft, my heart does not agree to support them as a spokesperson in any way. Therefore, I want to resign from the post of Trinamool’s All-India Spokesperson, taking the people’s verdict into consideration.”
The BJP came to power with a single majority after the Assembly elections. They won 208 seats and the Trinamool got 80 seats. Since the debacle in the elections, unrest and rebellion have started in the Trinamool. Leaders are opening their mouths against the party one after another. The party is being criticised openly, accepting that the people who gave this verdict were fed up with institutional corruption and extortion charges.
(IANS)
