Kolkata: Mass resignations by councillors in civic bodies across the northern suburbs and Barrackpore industrial belt, including North Dum Dum, Titagarh, North-Barrackpore, New-Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Kanchrapara, Halisahar and Garulia, continued on Monday, with all 24 councillors of Barrackpore Municipality, including the chairman submitting their resignations.
Three-time chairman Uttam Das and other councillors submitted their resignation to the SDO at the Barrackpore Administrative Building on Monday afternoon.
As Das, the newly resigned chairman, was leaving the Barrackpore SDO office after submitting his resignation, a group of people hurled eggs at his vehicle.
According to sources, councillors from four wards had already resigned earlier. The rest of the 20 councillors have now also stepped down. Das has also quit Trinamool Congress. The vice-chairman and all TMC councillors of the municipality have reportedly resigned as well.
Explaining his decision, Das launched a scathing attack on the party leadership .