Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Jawhar Sircar on Sunday sparked a debate along with his letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying his resolution to resign from the Rajya Sabha. Sircar’s resignation comes within the aftermath of the surprising rape and homicide of a Kolkata physician, a tragedy that has shaken the state. In response, fellow TMC chief Kunal Ghosh expressed his settlement with a major a part of Sircar’s letter.
“We’ve discovered that Jawhar Sircar has made his resolution. He was one of many most interesting bureaucrats within the nation and a standout from West Bengal. That is his private alternative, resolution, and letter, and he has each proper to take such a step. We merely wish to specific that we, too, agree with the essence of his letter and the questions it raises.” Ghosh advised reporters in Kolkata.
#WATCH | Kolkata: On TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar quitting from his put up, TMC chief Kunal Ghosh says, “Jawahar Sarkar is a revered individual… He is likely one of the finest bureaucrats within the nation. That is his private resolution, his private letter, I can not touch upon it. He has… pic.twitter.com/evGwLxcHrM
— ANI (@ANI) September 8, 2024
Earlier within the day, Jawhar Sircar, in a letter to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, voiced his disappointment with the state authorities’s dealing with of corruption following the scandal involving the previous training minister.
He highlighted that the incident on the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital, the place a 31-year-old trainee physician was allegedly raped and murdered, was the tipping level of his resolution.
I’m quitting as MP primarily due to WB authorities’s defective dealing with of probably the most spontaneous public motion following the horrible rape-murder case at RG Kar Hospital.
Quitting politics— to be with the folks of their battle for justice.
My dedication to values unchanged pic.twitter.com/V98R06ziny
— Jawhar Sircar (@jawharsircar) September 8, 2024
Jawhar Sircar expressed disappointment, stating that regardless of his preliminary hopes for vital reforms by means of Mamata Banerjee’s anti-corruption marketing campaign, little progress had been made.
