Hooghly, July 8 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led board at Dankuni Municipality in Hooghly district collapsed on Wednesday after Chairman Hasina Shabnam and Vice-Chairman Prakash Raha resigned from their posts, along with two other councillors.

As the four leaders left the municipality building, slogans of "chor, chor" (thief, thief) were raised by those present, creating a chaotic scene.

The development in Dankuni adds to a wider crisis that has gripped TMC across West Bengal in recent months follwoing the Assembly Elections.

Earlier in May, West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul criticised the Trinamool Congress, alleging that the absence of elected councillors from municipal offices across West Bengal is disrupting basic civic servic...