New Delhi, June 10 -- The crisis within the Trinamool Congress deepened dramatically on Wednesday as senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev resigned from the Upper House, becoming the second TMC parliamentarian to quit within a week after veteran leader Sukhendu Sekhar Ray. The development has intensified speculation about a widening revolt within the Mamata Banerjee-led party following its recent electoral setback and raised the prospect of a significant realignment in Parliament.
Dev reportedly met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and formally submitted her resignation from the membership of the House. Her departure comes days after Ray resigned from both the party and the Rajya Sabha, citing what he...