After the exit of Suvendu Adhikari, MLA Jitendra Tiwari on Thursday exited the TMC party stating that he has not been allowed to work for the people. After quitting as MLA, Suvendu Adhikari on December 16 had resigned from the primary membership of the TMC, intensifying speculations that he might switch over to the BJP later this week.

MLA Tiwari has also resigned from his post of a primary member of the party. He heavily criticized the TMC-led government after quitting and said that the state government does not value his life. Tiwari becomes the second leader to resign from the party within a span of 24 hours, following the footsteps of rebel TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari who resigned from the party on Wednesday.

“I have resigned from the post of the chairman of the Board of Administrators of Asansol Municipal Corporation. If I am not allowed to work, what will I do with the post? So, I resigned,” Tiwari was quoted as saying by the news agency PTI.

“There is no point in continuing in the TMC as I am not being allowed to work for the people,” Tiwari alleged.

His exit comes when the speculations are rife with reports of TMC leaders switching parties and joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), even as the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that BJP leaders are trying to coerce her party members to exit and join the “saffron camp”.