Assam TMC Chief Resigns After Differences with Mamata Over NRC

Dwipen Pathak’s resignation came within hours of a TMC delegation being detained at the Silchar airport.

Assam Trinamool Congress (TMC) president Dwipen Pathak and two other party leaders resigned on Thursday, 2 August, in protest against party supremo Mamata Banerjee's opposition to the final draft of the NRC, which has evoked a sharp reaction from different parties and organisations in the state.

Pathak's resignation came within hours of a TMC delegation arriving at the Silchar airport in the Bengali-dominated Barak valley at Banerjee's instructions and being stopped from exiting it by the police.

The ruling BJP as well as other parties in Assam said the TMC had no existence in the Barak valley.