TMC axes Kunal Ghosh as gen secy after he shares stage with BJP LS nominee, praises him

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Hours after

TMC

general secretary

Kunal Ghosh

shared a

stage

with a BJP Lok Sabha candidate and praised him, the party on Wednesday removed him from the post. Declining to spell out his next move, Ghosh said he would like to “continue in the party in future”. Ghosh said he had already expressed his desire to resign as party spokesperson and general secretary in March.

TMC had then accepted his resignation as spokesperson but asked him to continue as general secretary. “Kunal Ghosh has been expressing views that don’t align with the party… Mr Ghosh was previously relieved from his role as party spokesperson. Now he has been removed from the position of general secretary of the state organization,” the TMC said in a statement, signed by Rajya Sabha party leader Derek O’Brien. The party also asked media outlets not to conflate Ghosh’s views with those of the party, warning that doing so might invite legal action.