Kolkata, June 8 -- Soon after resigning from his post as a Rajya Sabha MP and giving up primary membership of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), former TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray on Monday criticised TMC over the RG Kar Hospital murder-rape case, asserting that the state leadership had become disconnected from ground realities.

In a major jolt to the Trinamool Congress amidst the ongoing political rift within the party, Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has resigned as a member of the Upper House of Parliament and from the primary membership of the TMC.

Speaking to reporters after resigning from his post, Ray said, "Power had gone to their heads to such an extent that they believed no one in the world could touch them."

He alleg...