Trinamool sends notice to party MLA for sharing stage with Bengal BJP chief

TMC also removed its block president Siddeshwar Bera after the incident and installed Bijon Sahoo in his place.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) issued a show-cause notice to its MLA, Samaresh Das for sharing a stage with BJP state president and MP Dilip Ghosh during an event in the East Medinipur district.

West Bengal BJP delegation led by State BJP President Dilip Ghosh comes out after a meeting with the Election Commission of India. (PTI)

TMC MLA from the Egra Assembly constituency, Samaresh Das was present at the inauguration of the Egra Winter Fair, in which Ghosh too was present as a guest.

The TMC also removed its block president Siddeshwar Bera after the incident and installed Bijon Sahoo in his place.

TMC East Medinipur district president and MP Sisir Adhikari said that the notice had been sent to the party MLA as per the state president’s orders.

“As per the state president’s order, we have issued a show-cause notice to the Egra MLA. The Egra block president has also been removed and Bijon Sahoo had been appointed to take his place. The show-cause letter has already been sent,” Adhikari told reporters here.

Samaresh Das, however, denied having received any such notice and criticized the move to sack the block president.

“It is not a zamindari matter in which someone can be removed and someone else appointed. There should be discussion, the district committee should first discuss and then take such decision,” Das said regarding the removal of the block president.

BJP MP Dilip Ghosh also said that it was his first time at the Egra fair and he had come upon being invited to inaugurate the fair.