More shockers for Mamata-Bhai po duo ::: "If Didi (Mamata Banerjee) wants to continue with Abhishek, let her do that. This would mean, she will not need me"

One Jolt, a Day. That's what is happening with the Trinamool Congress.

Now, it's almost a crisis an hour or so. Another Rajya Sabha lawmaker quits TMC.
Lok Sabha MP, Kalyan Banerjee, on Thursday registered his protest against Abhishek Banerjee.

"If Didi (Mamata Banerjee) wants to continue with Abhishek, let her do that. This would mean, she will not need me"  (Didi Abhishek ke noye chol-ley cholul. Amake aar dar kar nei), he told TV journalists. 

Senior TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday issued an ultimatum to party supremo Mamata Banerjee to choose between her nephew Abhishek Banerjee and veterans like him, accusing the party national general secretary of “arrogance” and “fluctuating mindset”.

Kalyan, also a senior advocate, declared he would remove himself from all legal matters and court petitions concerning Abhishek, although the MP said he would continue contesting cases related to the TMC party.  

The rift between the two leaders came to a tipping point after Kalyan – who had been representing Abhishek in the Calcutta High Court in a signature forgery case of the CID – was allegedly informed that a separate writ petition was filed by the Diamond Harbour MP with regard to the search operations conducted by the agency at the TMC office at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence and Abhishek’s Camac Street office.

“The two cases are connected, and I had mentioned the search operation issue before the bench who was hearing the signature forgery matter. 

The judge had listed the matter to be heard on Thursday. Later, some emissaries of Abhishek came to me to say that a separate writ has been filed on the CID raid issue. 

I was taken aback since I had no knowledge of it,” Kalyan told reporters.  

“Had I known about this, I wouldn’t have mentioned the matter before the judge because two separate benches cannot hear the same matter. 

Abhishek has many advisors, and so I have told the party I would not represent him in any court cases in future, as it is impossible to deal with such arrogance and fluctuating mindset. I was later informed that a junior lawyer would contest his cases,” Kalyan said.

The Lok Sabha MP from Sreerampur lashed out at Abhishek , alleging that the latter showed “no respect” for his “45-year professional experience”.

“I am not to be treated like a dustbin or an employee of his Camac Street office,” Kalyan asserted.  

TMC MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigns from Rajya Sabha  

Trinamool Congress MP, Prakash Chik Baraik. also has resigned as a member of the Rajya Sabha. 

He has sent his resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan. 

Earlier, Trinamool Congress leaders and Rajya Sabha members Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Sushmita Dev had resigned from both the Rajya Sabha and the party.  

A question mark looms over the party, its symbol and, more importantly, the assets that the party accumulated after being in power for 15 years in West Bengal.

For the 2024-25 fiscal year, the Trinamool Congress had declared Rs 219.3538 crore as total earnings in its income-tax returns filed on October 13, 2025. 

A report by the Association for Democratic Reforms published on May 27 this year ranked the Trinamool in the second spot after the Telugu Desam Party as the highest earners among 36 regional parties analysed by the organisation.

The Trinamool had received Rs 184.08 crore as donations last year, the highest among all regional parties. 

Another Rs 33.685 crore was earned as interest on fixed deposits.

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