Former Goa MLA quits TMC months after joining it; dubs it as ‘communal’ party trying to ‘disturb secular fabric’
The Hindu
The former Ponda MLA had joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party in the last week of September.
Nearly three months after joining the Trinamool Congress (TMC), former Goa legislator Lavoo Mamlatdar on December 24 resigned from the party, accusing it of being communal and trying to create a divide between Hindus and Christians for votes ahead of the State Assembly polls.
The former Ponda MLA had joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party in the last week of September. He was among the first few local leaders in the State to join the TMC, which has decided to contest all 40 seats in the Goa Assembly polls, due in February 2022.
He also alleged that the TMC was collecting the data of people in the name of rolling out a welfare scheme for women in the State if it is voted to power after the elections.