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More Trinamool Congress leaders quit ahead of Shah's visit to West Bengal

Speculation rife that Adhikari, 2 other rebel MLAs may join BJP

West Bengal Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay
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West Bengal Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay shows the undated resignation letter of Suvendu Adhikari during a press meet. He is yet to accept Adhikari’s resignation

Press Trust of India Kolkata
A day after former minister Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Barrackpore MLA Shilbhadra Dutta — who had been vocal against the meddling by election strategist Prashant Kishor in party affairs — sent his resignation to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday.

TMC leader Kabirul Islam, too, resigned from the post of general secretary of the party’s minority cell, reportedly expressing displeasure against Kishor’s team.

On Thursday evening, Jitendra Tiwari, MLA from Pandabeswar and president of the TMC’s Paschim Bardhaman district unit, had resigned from all positions in the party. Adhikari’s exit from the party was expected to result in