New Delhi, May 9 -- Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress has suspended its national spokesperson Riju Dutta for six years. The suspension took effect on 9 May, with immediate effect. The party cited a serious breach of discipline and failure to appear before its Disciplinary Committee.

Riju Dutta served as a prominent TMC national spokesperson for 13 years. He was a vocal defender of the party on national and local news platforms. He frequently engaged in heated debates with opposition leaders on television.

Dutta was also active on social media platforms, including X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook. He rose through the ranks without family political connections, as he himself emphasised.

The party issued a show-cause notice ...