In another strong jolt for the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal before the assembly elections, Rajib Banerjee on Friday 22 January, resigned as the state forest minister. Banerjee sent his resignation letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
In his resignation, marked to the chief minister and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Banerjee wrote: “I regret to inform you that I hereby tender my resignation from my office as cabinet minister being in charge of Forest Department on today, ie on January 22, 2021.” Remembering how it has been a “great honour and privilege to serve the people of West Bengal”, he added: “I heartily convey my gratitude for getting this opportunity. I have sent a copy of this to His Excellency, Governor of West Bengal for his necessary action. Kindly accept my resignation and obliged.”
Mr. Banerjee shared this resignation letter in his FB post too, where he wrote:
“Hope you all are doing well. This is to inform you that I am resigning as the Minister in Charge, Department of Forest, West Bengal from today. Over the years I have tried to do my duty with full responsibility and diligence.”
“I have considered each one of you as my extended family and your support has always motivated me to go the extra mile and be at your service in a better way possible, hence I am announcing my formal resignation on this platform and have informed the concerned authority as well. I hope that in the years to come I will be able to be at each of your service in the best way possible as that has been the sole reason I am into politics.” he added.
Rajib Banerjee, a heavyweight TMC leader from Howrah district, later went to Raj Bhawan to personally hand over his resignation letter to the Governor.
For a long time, Banerjee had been skipping cabinet meetings and had expressed his dissent over the functioning of the party. Earlier Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari and former cricketer and Minister of State for Sports Laxmiratan Shukla had resigned from the government and party posts.
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