The rift in West Bengal Congress on Wednesday came out in the open as a section of senior leaders demanded the ouster of state unit chief Adhir Chowdhury, accusing him of "damaging the party by his arbitrary way of functioning". "The functioning and management of West Bengal Congress is in a sorry state. We feel, Chowdhury should take moral responsibility and step down as the state unit chief," he said. When contacted, Chowdhury said it was the AICC that had appointed him as the state unit chief. It is the AICC and our party's top leadership that had appointed me the state unit chief," he said.

Source: dna August 24, 2016 18:45 UTC