Veteran Trinamool Congress leader Tapas Roy quits as MLA

"I have submitted my resignation as an MLA to the assembly speaker. I am now a free bird," he said.

The Trinamool Congress leader was first elected as MLA on the Congress ticket in 1996 from the Vidyasagar Assembly constituency. Roy won the 2001 Assembly elections on a TMC ticket from Bara Bazar. He moved to Baranagar Assembly constituency in North 24 Paraganas district in 2011 and has been a TMC legislator from the seat since then.

Roy was also the deputy chief whip of TMC in the current Assembly.

Tapas Roy said he was fed up with the numerous corruption allegations against the Trinamool Congress and Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government.

He also raised concerns over the way the controversy around Sandeshkhali village was handled.