Months after he stepped down from organisational responsibilities of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, rebel MLA Madan Mitra on Thursday expressed disillusionment with the state of politics, saying it had increasingly become a haven for anti-social elements and hinting that he was contemplating a gradual withdrawal from active politics.
Madan Mitra’s rebel camp switch
Mitra was among the TMC MLAs who jumped the ship and joined the rebel camp under Ritabrata Banerjee after the TMC’s Bengal poll debacle. “I am personally taking a decision, or trying to take a decision, about how gradually I can withdraw from politics. Mitra was once among Banerjee’s trusted lieutenants and one of the prominent faces of the TMC. He, however, remained an MLA. The Kamarhati MLA served as a sports and transport minister in the first Banerjee government. Two days later, when he joined the rebel camp, he blamed Mamata’s nephew and TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for the party’s electoral loss, saying he ‘wants the party to follow only his commands.
Because with every passing day, nothing except my hatred for politics is increasing,” he said.
Mitra has been in politics for nearly 30 years and said his “hatred for politics” is increasing every single day, news agency PTI reported. “All these people are entering the BJP’s washing machine to get protection…,” Banerjee said.
But he joined the rebel camp earlier this year after resigning from organisational positions in the party.
