Kolkata, May 24 -- Senior doctor and former Rajya Sabha MP Dr Santanu Sen on Saturday publicly congratulated the new BJP government in West Bengal and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari for "developmental steps" taken in the state's health sector, triggering fresh discomfort within the Trinamool Congress.

In a post on X on Saturday night, Santanu wrote, "As a long-term warrior in Health Sector, Past National President & present State Secy of Indian Medical Association, I sincerely congratulate the BJP govt & it's Hon'ble Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari ji for taking so many developmental steps. More expected from BJP."Santanu, once a Rajya Sabha MP of the Trinamool Congress, had earlier found himself at odds with the party during the agitatio...