Trinamool MLA Sikha Mitra suspended from party

December 12, 2012 18:06

Trinamool Congress MLA Sikha Mitra, the wife of party MP Somen Mitra, was suspended today. Mitra told Rediff.com that she has not got any official letter as yet.

Trinamool sources say Somen Mitra has been instigating his wife to violate the party line. After Sikha Mitra's suspension, her husband too is likely to quit TMC, the source added.

Today, Sikha Mitra said she was scared to enter the Assembly after yesterday's violence. "The violence is condemnable whoever is involved in it. I was not in the House yesterday. I have no idea who sparked off the violence," Sikha Mitra said. "Those who sent MLAs as their representatives, will think otherwise now," she said.

Sikha Mitra was in focus recently after she openly criticised the Trinamool Congress leadership and earned the wrath of the party for attending a function presided over by PCC president Pradip Bhattacharya.

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