Why did Chandrima Bhattacharya separate from Mamata Banerjee? TMC Bengal president steps down

Chandrima Bhattacharya has resigned from the post of state president of Trinamool Congress. She wrote a letter to Trinamool Congress National President Mamata Banerjee saying that she was resigning from the post given to her on June 3. Chandrima not only gave up the post of president, but also gave up the right to sign on the bank accounts of the party and its various branches.

Chandrima Bhattacharya will no longer sign on bank transactions. He has also distanced himself from the responsibility of representing Trinamool in the Election Commission. Chandrima Bhattacharya was Mamata Banerjee’s strongest soldier. She was considered the second strongest leader in the party. Now he too has parted ways with Mamta.

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Why did you leave Mamta Banerjee?

Chandrima Bhattacharya’s son Saurabh Bose had recently joined the rebel faction of Trinamool led by Ritabrata Banerjee. After this, speculations started rife that his mother Chandrima would also part ways with Mamata Banerjee. Now these speculations have come to an end. She has left Mamata Banerjee. On Saturday, Chandrima wrote a letter to Mamta and resigned from all posts.

Will she join Ritabrata Banerjee’s camp?

Ritabrata Banerjee has said on the resignation of Chandrima Bhattacharya, ‘Now the party will not run like a private limited company. People don’t want to live in that culture anymore.

Who is Chandrima Bhattacharya?

Chandrima was considered a very close leader of Mamata Banerjee. She was the second most important leader in Mamata’s cabinet. She has been Deputy Minister in big departments like Finance and Health. Mamta trusted him a lot. Till now Chandrima has not said anything on her decision. Other party leaders are also avoiding saying anything without seeing the letter. Chandrima Bhattacharya is about 75 years old. She has been among Mamata Banerjee’s most trusted ministers for a long time. She was also a lawyer like Mamata Banerjee and when she entered politics, she got a central role.

He started his political career as an MLA by winning the Dum Dum North seat on a Trinamool Congress ticket in the 2011 assembly elections. After this he won the election from Kanti South and then again from Dum Dum North. In 2012, he was made Minister of State in the first expansion of Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet. After serving as Minister of State in the portfolios of Health and Family Welfare, Lands and Land Reforms, Refugees and Rehabilitation, he was given the Finance portfolio with independent charge. She continued to hold the responsibility of Finance (Independent Charge) from 2021 to 2026. She has also served as a cabinet minister in the Law and Justice Department.

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When did you get the command of Bengal?

In June 2026, she was made the state president of West Bengal Trinamool Congress. This responsibility lasted only for one month. Now she has separated from the party itself.