Overview
- Jyotipriya Mallick told party leaders on Friday that he resigned from all Trinamool organisational posts because his blood sugar has risen above 350, his kidneys are damaged, and doctors advised complete rest.
- Mallick had been reinducted into the party’s national working committee only days earlier and leaves with the legacy of an October 2023 Enforcement Directorate arrest, a January 2025 bail, and a heavy defeat in the May assembly election.
- Gautam Deb formally submitted his resignation as Siliguri mayor to the municipal commissioner, saying he felt sidelined after the elections and surrendering his official vehicle and security detail.
- The two departures add to a cascade of recent resignations from TMC civic bodies and to large-scale defections by legislators and MPs that have produced rival legislative groupings and prompted legal fights over party recognition and anti-defection rules.
- The losses are likely to disrupt municipal services and could lead to more board dissolutions or interim administrations in cities such as Siliguri while the party and state authorities decide next steps on leadership, council continuity, and court challenges.