Former BJP leader Babul Supriyo formally resigned as the BJP MP.
He submitted his resignation to the Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Tuesday.
After his resignation Babul Supriyo thanked PM Modi, HM Amit Shah and the party chief JP Nadda for their confidence shown in him. “I thought that if I am not a part of the party, I shouldn't keep the seat for myself," said Supriyo.
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The development comes after the two-term MP from West Bengal’s Asansol had written to Birla, seeking a "brief" appointment with him to formally resign as a member of the House on September 20 — two days after joining the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress party.
Babul Supriyo attacked the Bengal BJP leader Suvendhu Adhikari, a former Trinamool Congress heavyweight who left TMC and joined the BJP just before the assembly election. Babul said “Adhikari obviously has to say very harsh things about me politically, but he should advise his father and brother to resign from MP seats as they are not with Trinamool anymore."
He thanked TMC chief Mamata benarjee for inducting him in the party.
After joining Trinamool Congress on September 18, Supriyo had made it clear that he would not hold the MP seat as "it would be immoral" since he was elected MP of Asansol on a BJP ticket. He had said that he would resign after he meets with the Speaker.
Supriyo won from the Asansol parliamentary constituency twice -- in 2014 and in 2019. He also became a Union Minister-of-state in the Narendra Modi cabinet, but was dropped from the cabinet during a reshuffle.
After that he announced to quit politics but within a few days, joined the Trinaool Congress.
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