Kolkata/IBNS, Feb. 20 -- Resigned CPI-M leader Pratik Ur Rahaman has heaped praise on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her fight against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the Supreme Court, amplifying speculation about his possible move to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).

In an interview with Bengali news channel Zee 24 Ghanta, Rahaman said while Mamata Banerjee escalated the matter to the highest judicial level, the Communists remained confined to ground-level work and internal analysis.

Rahaman, once considered a prominent young minority face of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal, resigned from the party's state committee, district committee and primary membership on February 16, 2026, citing...