Kolkata: In a major development, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) president Binoy Tamang resigned from the party on Thursday and urged the leaders of his faction to refrain from using his name as their chief. In a letter to GJM general secretary Anil Thapa, Tamang wrote, "After losing two consecutive elections in 2019 and 2021, it is my moral responsibility to resign from the post of president, GJM."
He said after a thorough analysis of the electoral outcome, he has come to the conclusion that most of the party functionaries are not serious about organisational matters and played "double-standard" roles during elections, due to which the party performed poorly and its alliance partner, Trinamool Congress (TMC), failed to get a seat "from our region" Tamang said he has decided to resign from the party and the leaders of his faction should not use his name as their chief anymore. He later told reporters that he will work for the interest of the people of the Darjeeling hills, but did not specify whether he would be floating a new political outfit in the coming day.