Trinamool Congress MP Prakash Chik Baraik has resigned as a member of the Rajya Sabha. He has sent his resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan.
Earlier, Trinamool Congress leaders and Rajya Sabha members Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Sushmita Dev had resigned from both the Rajya Sabha and the party.
With Baraik’s resignation, which has been accepted by Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan, the party’s strength in the Rajya Sabha is set to fall to 10 MPs.
Sources further indicated that as many as three more TMC Rajya Sabha MPs could resign within the next week, potentially deepening the crisis for the Mamata Banerjee-led party.