New Delhi, June 8 -- Trinamool Congress leader Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has resigned from Rajya Sabha and party. Shekhar is the first Member of Parliament to resign from TMC after recent poll debacle in West Bengal assembly elections.

The resignation comes on a day when TMC chief Mamata Banerjee is in Delhi to take part in crucial meeting of INDIA bloc.

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