Kolkata, April 3 -- As the Mamata Banerjee government faced a major blow in the Supreme Court over the teachers' recruitment case, former Trinamool Congress MP Jawhar Sircar cited corruption and authoritarianism as the reasons for his exit from the party.

"People ask me why I resigned as MP of TMC. Would my conscience allow me to be a part of such rot? I went with TMC as it is the toughest fighter against communal, fascist BJP. I left because TMC's corruption and authoritarianism were getting too bad," he posted on X.

A retired IAS officer, Sircar has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati.

He joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021 and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, but resigned in 2024 following the rape-murder of a...