Kolkata, June 1 -- Senior Advocate Biswajit Deb on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership over its decision to expel leaders Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, calling it a "wrong decision" that protects the real culprits while punishing them.

The controversy erupted after a document, allegedly carrying forged signatures of MLAs, was sent to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker as an official resolution. Instead of acting against those who created the fraudulent paperwork, the TMC high command expelled Saha and Banerjee, the two legislators who had exposed the fraud and flagged it to the Speaker.

Speaking to ANI on the matter, Deb asserted that the document forwarded to the Speaker of the Assembly was fraudulent and argue...