Kolkata/IBNS, July 4 -- The political turmoil within the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) intensified on Saturday after the party's West Bengal president, Chandrima Bhattacharya, resigned from all organisational positions before holding a meeting with the rebel faction led by Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee.

The resignation marks another significant development in the ongoing leadership struggle that has engulfed the Trinamool Congress following its Assembly election setback and the subsequent split within the party.

In her resignation letter, Chandrima Bhattacharya announced that she was stepping down as the West Bengal president of the Trinamool Congress along with all other responsibilities within the organisation.

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