In yet another blow for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), its MLA and cabinet minister of West Bengal Laxmi Ratan Shukla has resigned from his post in the Mamata Banerjee led government on Tuesday.
Shukla was in charge of Ministry of Sports and his resignation comes after several TMC leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party a few days back.
Laxmi Ratan Shukla is the second minister to resign recently. The party’s trouble started with the exit of its longtime member, Suvendu Adhikari, who joined BJP.
TMC is set to face a tough challenge from the BJP in Bengal elections 2021.
