Kolkata: At one time, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM would be compared to a well-oiled machine. Perhaps testimony to the fact that it is creaking at many joints, the party MP Ritabrata Banerjee was expelled yesterday but there is still nothing official about it.
The decision to expel was taken by the Bengal unit's secretariat -- the highest decision making body in the state -- yesterday. But it is only after available members of the Politburo meet today in Delhi and give it the nod that the decision will be announced formally.
"My fight is not with the party but a coterie," he said. "Someone had to do it. I did. And I think I did the right thing," he added.
His reference to the umblical cord being cut has drawn derision on social media. In Bengali, the umblical cord is called "nari" and lewd comments are being made about what the word means in Hindi: Women.
There are many others, however, who have backes Mr Banerjee and said they were in tears at his plight, at the injustice meted out to him by his party.
Mr Banerjee, 38, joined the CPM in 1996 as a student leader, was general secretary of the student wing, SFI, From 2008 to 2016 and was elected as a Rajya Sabha MP in 2014.
Senior leaders like Gautam Deb, a Central Committee member, backed Mr Banerjee to the hilt while others, like Md Salim of the Politburo had reservations about him.
The decision to expel was taken by the Bengal unit's secretariat -- the highest decision making body in the state -- yesterday. But it is only after available members of the Politburo meet today in Delhi and give it the nod that the decision will be announced formally.
"My fight is not with the party but a coterie," he said. "Someone had to do it. I did. And I think I did the right thing," he added.
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His reference to the umblical cord being cut has drawn derision on social media. In Bengali, the umblical cord is called "nari" and lewd comments are being made about what the word means in Hindi: Women.
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There are many others, however, who have backes Mr Banerjee and said they were in tears at his plight, at the injustice meted out to him by his party.
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Mr Banerjee, 38, joined the CPM in 1996 as a student leader, was general secretary of the student wing, SFI, From 2008 to 2016 and was elected as a Rajya Sabha MP in 2014.
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Senior leaders like Gautam Deb, a Central Committee member, backed Mr Banerjee to the hilt while others, like Md Salim of the Politburo had reservations about him.
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