‘Haven’t Seen Such No-Confidence…’: TMC MP Jawhar Sircar Quits Over Mamata Govt’s Handling Of Kolkata Protests

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jawhar Sircar on Sunday resigned from both the Rajya Sabha and active politics, citing his protest against the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government’s handling of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case.

In a letter addressed to the Trinamool Congress supremo, Sircar voiced his concerns over the ruling TMC government’s “lack of decisive action” against corruption.

“I must inform you that I have decided to resign from parliament and also from politics altogether,” Sircar’s letter to Banerjee read.

Sircar, in his letter, highlighted that after publicly urging the TMC to address corruption scandals prevailing in the party, he faced resistance from senior leaders. He further referred to the ongoing public outrage over the RG Kar case and said, “I have not seen such angst and total no-confidence against the government.”

Jawhar’s decision came days after the Trinamool Congress leadership sent a stern message to him over his remarks regarding the corruption in the party, asking him to “step down honourably if he thinks he is not compatible with the party”.

Sircar Writes Letter To Mamata Banerjee

Demanding justice for the trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered in Kollkata’s RG Kar Medical Hospital and College, Sircar in his letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “The present spontaneous outpouring of public anger is against this unchecked overbearing attitude of the favoured few and the corrupt. In all my years, I have not seen such angst and total no-confidence against the government, even when it says something correct or factual.”

“I have suffered patiently for a month since the terrible incident at RG Kar Hospital and was hoping for your direct intervention with the agitating junior doctors, in the old style of Mamata Banerjee. It has not happened and whatever punitive steps the government is taking now are too little and quite late,” the letter read.

“I think normalcy may have been restored in this state much earlier, if the caucus of the corrupt doctors was smashed and those guilty of taking improper administrative actions punished immediately after the scandalous incident happened,” Sircar mentioned in his letter.

He further urged the Chief Minister to take strong action in connection to the rape and murder case and said, “Please do something to save the state. I shall go to Delhi soon and offer my resignation to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and will also disassociate myself totally from politics.”

BJP Hits Back

Soon after TMC’s Jawhar Sircar announced his resignation from the Rajya Sabha and politic, the Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to slam the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal over its handling of the RG Kar rape and murder case. BJP also attacked Banerjee for the rampant corruption in the TMC-run West Bengal government.

“Jawhar Sircar, the obnoxious foul-mouthed TMC Rajya Sabha MP quits, citing rampant corruption in the TMC-run West Bengal Govt and mis-handling of the rape and murder case at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital,” BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya wrote on X.

He further demanded that Mamata Banerjee should step down from the position of Bengal Chief Minister, accusing her of allegedly destroying the evidence in the trainee doctor’s rape and murder case.

“Time for Mamata Banerjee to take cue and step down. She, along with Commissioner of Kolkata Police, have completely destroyed all evidence relating to the rape and murder of the young doctor,” he added.