Former Tripura Minister Quits Congress

way2barak, Aug 23 : In a setback for the opposition Congress in Tripura, party’s Working President and former minister Billal Mia resigned from the party on Wednesday.

Mia, a leading Congress Muslim leader in Tripura, in a letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the party was his home for more than 40 years and wanted to quit it from all posts and the primary membership of the party.

Though the 63-years-old Congress leader did not cite any reason for his resignation from the Congress, Mia recently came into close contact with the leaders of the ruling BJP.

He was annoyed, according to the local media, for not being nominated by the Congress in the February 16 assembly polls and in the September 5 by-elections to the Boxanagar assembly constituency, a Muslim dominated seat.

On the other hand, Tripura Pradesh Congress President Asish Kumar Saha expelled Mia from the party for six years for anti-party activities.