He was one of many three youth faces launched by the CPI(M) in West Bengal because the occasion’s subsequent era candidates throughout the 2024 meeting elections. Two years later, one among them, 35-year-old Pratikur Rehman, is leaving the occasion.
Nevertheless, he declined to touch upon the rationale for leaving the occasion. “No matter I need to say, I’ll say it inside the occasion, not outdoors the occasion,” he instructed members of the media.
Hypothesis that Rahman would be a part of the ruling TMC intensified after TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh shared what was stated to be Rahman’s resignation letter on social media.
In his letter, which is claimed to be his resignation letter, Rahman wrote that he was “unable to adapt” to the current developments within the CPI(M).
Reacting to the event, CPI(M) central committee member Meenakshi Mukherjee stated, “Each comrade who fights for the occasion is necessary and Pratikul is one among them. The occasion management will speak about his resignation. The resignation of any comrade is a loss for us.”
“We are going to discuss to him (Rahman),” CPI(M) central committee member Samik Lahiri instructed PTI.
Disapproved of Salim’s contact with Humayun Kabir
Former SFI state president Rahman contested towards TMC basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee from Diamond Harbor within the 2024 meeting elections and misplaced. He got here in a distant third place with 86,953 votes.
He contested from Diamond Harbor within the 2021 meeting polls and got here third after TMC and BJP.
A senior CPI(M) official stated variations between Rahman and the occasion management started to floor throughout the South 24 Parganas district meet final 12 months.
“He then resigned from the newly fashioned district committee together with different occasion leaders. Nevertheless, after intervention from the state committee, Pratikur Rahman and others withdrew their resignation,” a senior chief stated.
Sources stated Rahman, who’s the face of the occasion’s rising minority, was sad over the suspension of talks between CPI(M) state secretary Mohd Salim and TMC MLA Humayun Kabir. “He had brazenly expressed his disapproval,” stated a senior occasion official.
Notably, it was Salim who accompanied Rahman, Srijan Bhattacharya and Dipsita Dar throughout their roadshow in Kolkata throughout the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Kabir, who fashioned the Janata Unnayan Occasion (JUP) after being suspended from the TMC, by the way on Monday denied any affiliation with the Left Entrance and Naushad Siddiqui-led ISF. In the meantime, the CPI(M) is almost certainly to formalize its alliance with the ISF.
His tense previous with TMC
Rahman was assigned to the CPI(M)’s ‘Ket Majul’ (agricultural staff) wing after shifting to the guardian occasion from the College students Federation of India (SFI), the place he was the nationwide vice-president.
“He (Rahman) feels restricted in his work on the district stage, which has additional deepened his dissatisfaction. We do not know whether or not he’ll be a part of the TMC or not, however his resignation is a big loss for the occasion and sends a fallacious message to the individuals simply earlier than the meeting elections,” stated a senior SFI official.
Recalling an incident in 2010-11 when Mr. Rahman was allegedly assaulted by TMC personnel, the SFI chief stated, “TMC personnel thought-about him useless and left him close to a river. Locals rescued him and admitted him to a hospital. It’s laborious to imagine that he’ll be a part of TMC now. We try to resolve our variations.”
Rahman, a Diamond Harbor native, graduated with honors in political science from Diamond Harbor Fakir Chand School. He lives together with his dad and mom, two brothers, spouse and daughter.
Though his household owns a development materials provide firm, he didn’t be a part of it and as an alternative joined SFI throughout his school days.
“I had an affiliation with SFI in 2011 and after that I used to be assaulted many occasions by TMC miscreants. They can’t cease me with violence. I’ll struggle again decisively,” Rahman stated whereas campaigning towards Abhishek Banerjee within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He additionally referred to as Abhishek’s ‘Diamond Harbor Mannequin’ a bluff and accused the TMC of being anti-farmer.
