Kolkata, Aug. 5 -- West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee today said the party has appointed senior MP Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar as the new chief whip of the party in the Lok Sabha.
Ghosh Dastidar has been appointed in consultation with senior parliamentarians in place of party MP Kalyan Banerjee, who resigned yesterday.
"Kalyan Banerjee submitted his resignation yesterday to the chairperson from the post of chief whip, which has been accepted by the party supremo," an AITC communique said.
The party expressed gratitude to Banerjee for his contributions in that role. Banerjee in turn, thanked the party for accepting his resignation.
While Kakoli Ghosh Dastdar has been named as the AITC chief whip in Lok Sabha, a...