Former West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick on Friday announced that he has resigned from all his posts in the TMC, citing deteriorating health.
Mallick, a long-time associate of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, said he has already communicated his decision to the party leadership.
“I resigned from all positions in the Transitional Military Council due to my very poor health condition,” he said.
This development comes just days after the TMC made a major organizational reshuffle and brought Malik into the reconstituted working committee.
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Mallick served as the state’s Minister of Food and Supplies from 2011 to 2021.
His political career suffered a major setback after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in October 2023 in connection with the alleged ration distribution scam.
Following his arrest, Malik repeatedly reported health complications and underwent medical examinations while in detention.
Mallick resigned from all his party posts amid discord within the TMC.
The rebellion within the TMC has emerged as one of the most significant political developments in West Bengal after the 2026 Lok Sabha elections.
In the state assembly, a group of 58 dissident TMC MLAs, led by Ritabrata Banerjee, broke away from the party leadership and received recognition from the Speaker as the dominant legislative group, electing Banerjee as leader of the opposition.
The split has spilled over into Parliament, where 20 rebel TMC MPs, including Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, have broken away from the party’s central leadership and sought a merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), claiming the support of more than two-thirds of the TMC’s Lok Sabha members.
The developments sparked legal and political battles over legitimacy, anti-defection provisions, and control of the party’s legislative wings, representing the deepest internal crisis in the history of the TMC.
Popularly known as ‘Balu’, Mallick was one of the most influential party leaders in North 24 Parganas and played a key role in strengthening the party’s organization in the region over the past two decades.
In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Mallick contested from Habra on a TMC ticket but lost.
A former MLA from Gaighata, he represented the Habra Assembly constituency for three consecutive terms after winning elections in 2011, 2016 and 2021.
