TMC in freefall: Resignations mount after 2026 Bengal poll rout

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is grappling with a deepening internal crisis following its crushing defeat in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, where the Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power by winning 207 of 293 seats on May 4. A wave of high-profile resignations has since exposed widening fractures within Mamata Banerjee’s party.

Assam chief becomes latest to walk out

Abhijit Majumdar, the Assam chief of TMC, resigned on Friday, alleging that the party had become an organisation working solely for the Muslim community — in both Assam and West Bengal. He communicated his decision directly to Mamata Banerjee via email, stating that the party’s political direction made it impossible for him to stay. His exit is the latest in a string of departures that have rattled the party’s organisational base.

Corruption and misconduct drive out veteran leaders

Former Rajya Sabha MP and national spokesperson Santanu Sen stepped down weeks earlier, citing the party’s handling of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case, the Abhaya case, and an alleged cash-for-jobs scam. Sen said the Bengal electorate had rejected TMC for its failure to act on corruption, and that his conscience no longer permitted him to publicly defend those actions. Meanwhile, TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigned as head of the party’s women’s wing, alleging she had been subjected to misconduct and verbal abuse by a fellow party MP, with the leadership failing to intervene.