India, May 5 -- Former India batter Manoj Tiwary revealed that he has quit the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), a day after the party lost the West Bengal state assembly elections. Tiwary, who was the junior sports minister of Bengal, alleged that he was denied a ticket from Howrah's Shibpur constituency after he refused to pay INR 5 crore.

Mamata Banerjee-led TMC went out of power on Monday after losing to the BJP in the West Bengal elections. The result marked an end to TMC's 15-year rule in the state. Tiwary made severe allegations against the party, claiming corruption within it and saying that this was the major reason behind the BJP's rise in the state.

"Look, I am not at all surprised by this debacle. This was bound to happen ...