TMC’s Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigns as Rajya Sabha MP, quits party

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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s  Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has submitted his resignation from Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and from TMC party today.

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray was TMC’s longest-serving member in the Rajya Sabha for over a decade.

The decision to quit comes following the party’s spiralling crisis. It also cites disagreement with the party on the RG Kar rape case investigation

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After Trinamool Congress lost the 2026 elections, Ray went public with his frustration on social media. He also slammed the party over corruption issues.

His public callouts made people think he and the party leaders were clashing. That clash ended with him quitting both the Rajya Sabha and the Trinamool Congress.

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray made his debut in Rajya Sabha in the year 2011 and TMC sent him there 3 times in a row. He was acting as one of the party’s senior faces in Parliament.

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