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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (19:54:39) |
| Tags : India, Bengal, Kabir Suman, Trinamool Congress, Lok Sabha |
I want to resign from Lok Sabha, says Trinamool's singer MP |
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| Kolkata: Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, who is a Trinamool Congress MP, today said that he wanted to resign from the Lok Sabha.
"I would like to submit my resignation to the honourable Speaker of the Lok Sabha. I shall also tell Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about my decision. I don't want to continue as an MP and I've decided to withdraw myself.Now tell me what to do," Suman said in an interview with a local television channel, Star Ananda, here.
"I am a simple person and I don't believe in tricks. I wonder how people survive with mere trickery," he said, in reaction to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's remarks where she called Suman a "guest in the party".
Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that Suman was never a Trinamool Congress worker.
"He was a civil society representatives and he's a guest in our party. We respect him for his creative talent," Banerjee had told reporters after her party's core committee meeting Monday evening.
Suman contested from Kolkata's adjoining South 24-Parganas' Jadavpur constituency, trouncing the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) heavyweight Sujan Chakraborty in April-May general elections this year.
"I am grateful to the people that I don't belong to any political party," Suman said.
Earlier, the singer-turned-politician had criticised various political parties, including his own Trinamool Congress, saying that he could not see any difference between the CPI-M and the opposition in misusing funds allocated for development work. (IANS) |
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