Kolkata, February 16 The West Bengal CPI(M) suffered a setback on Monday, after its state committee member Pratik Ur Rahman resigned from the party, stating that he was unable to align himself with the leadership's views and strategies on some issues.
A CPI(M) office-bearer said the party leadership is yet to take a decision on his resignation.
Rahman was pitted against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee from the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 general election.
He resigned from the CPI(M)'s state committee as well as its primary membership.
"I am unable to align with the party's district and state leadership's views and strategies on some issues in recent times," he said in his resignation letter.
Rahman, a young Communist leader who rose from student politics, was the CPI(M) candidate in the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency in 2024, which was won by Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for the third consecutive term.
"We will speak to him (Rahman)," CPI(M) central committee member Samik Lahiri told PTI.
In a recent social media post, Rahman had said that one cannot be part of a Communist party without principles and ideology.