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West Bengal government had on Thursday replaced estranged state minister Suvendu Adhikari as chairman of Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) and appointed TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee to the post.

In a jolt to the Trinamool Congress leadership ahead of the Bengal assembly polls next year, rebel TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari tendered his resignation as State Transport Minister on Friday. The announcement was made by West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who said that the “issue will be addressed from constitutional perspective”.

“Today at 1:05 pm an acquiescence letter of Mr. Suvendu Adhikari from office as pastor routed to Hon’ble Chief Minister has been sent to me. The issue will be tended to from an established viewpoint,” Dhankhar tweeted.

Today at 1:05 pm a resignation letter of Mr. Suvendu Adhikari from office as minister addressed to Hon’ble Chief Minister has been forwarded to me.
The issue will be addressed from constitutional perspective. pic.twitter.com/cxjF68uomH

— Governor West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) November 27, 2020

The Mamata Banerjee-drove Bengal government had on Thursday supplanted Adhikari as an executive of Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) and selected TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee to the post. In a request gave by the state transport office on Thursday night Banerjee was named the new HRBC director with “quick impact”.

Sources in the state government had said that Adhikary, who is presently keeping up good ways from the gathering and the public authority, had left the post of the HRBC director on Wednesday.

Prior, Adhikari had said that he will make his political declarations from a political stage. “I won’t utter a word identified with governmental issues from this foundation of agreeable society. Despite the fact that on occasion the distinction of sentiment prompts dissimilar perspectives, and afterward brings about partition”. Calling himself “a 24×7 government official and not an occasional flying creature,” Adhikari said “Whatever posts I hold, I have been chosen for every one of these posts. I am not a designated pioneer. I am a pioneer who works among the majority consistently. Be it Cyclone Amphan or the COVID pandemic – I have been with the majority”.