Kolkata: 22 Jan 21 West Bengal Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee today resigned from his position. The cabinet minister did not cite any reasons for his decision, but it comes amid a recent string of exits from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress as the state heads for Assembly elections in March-April.”I regret to inform you that I hereby tender my resignation from my Office as Cabinet Minister being in charge of Forest Department on today, i.e., On 22nd of January, 2021,” Mr Banerjee said in his letter to the Chief Minister which was later accepted by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. He is the third minister to resign from the state government in one month.
