TMC Cooch Behar MLA signals exit

Cooch Behar: Cooch Behar Dakshin’s Trinamool MLA Mihir Goswami is on the way out of the party.
Speaking his mind well over a month after he gave up all party posts on October 3, Goswami said he wouldn’t mind putting in his papers as MLA if the Trinamool chief wanted it.
His Facebook post went viral in local political circles, drawing a prompt welcome from BJP district president Malati Rava.“Wait for some time. Everything will be clear within a few days,” Rava said.
But Trinamool district president and MP Partha Pratim Roy refused to heed the speculation. “Goswami was elected on a Trinamool ticket and is the MLA still. He is with Trinamool as long as he is a Trinamool MLA,” Roy said, putting tacit pressure on the defiant MLA to give up his assembly membership before switching sides.
In his Facebook post on Thursday evening, Goswami said: “I gave up my party posts on October 3. I am ready to resign from MLA (post) if the Trinamool chief wants me to do so. I feel that I am a burden to the party and am willing to sever ties with Trinamool. During my stay I have been let down in the organization from time to time with tacit indulgence from the state leadership. The situation didn’t change for the better even after informing the party chief.”