Overview
- Pratik Ur Rahaman tendered his resignation from the CPI(M), quitting state committee posts and primary membership over differences with district and state leadership strategies.
- The party has not accepted the resignation and leaders say they are trying to contact him, with the matter expected to be discussed at the February 19–20 state committee meeting.
- Party sources link his discontent to state secretary Md Salim’s recent meeting with suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir.
- Speculation about a move to the TMC intensified after spokesperson Kunal Ghosh shared Rahaman’s letter online, though Rahaman has stayed silent publicly.
- A former SFI leader and the CPI(M) candidate for Diamond Harbour in 2024, Rahaman is seen internally as a key youth figure whose exit could dent morale before the Assembly polls.