Kolkata, June 23 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday wrote to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker, nominating party MLA Madan Mitra as the new Chief Whip in place of Firhad Hakim, on Monday night.

TMC leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay visited the Speaker's office on Tuesday to submit a hard copy of the same communication. However, the Speaker's office declined to accept the letter, citing the matter as "sub-judice", even as an official email had already been sent by the party the previous night, according to the TMC.

Meanwhile, the TMC disciplinary committee has issued show-cause notices to several senior leaders, including Firhad Hakim, Aroop Biswas, Arup Roy, Javed Khan, Rathin Ghosh, Biplab Mitra, Snehasis Chakraborty and Sabina Yasm...