WB minister Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigns

Kolkata, Jan 5 (PTI) West Bengal Minister of State for
Youth Services and Sports Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigned from his
post on Tuesday, sources in the state secretariat said.
Shukla sent his resignation letter to Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee and a copy of it to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar,
they said.
The former cricketer's resignation came almost a
fortnight after state transport minister Suvendu Adhikari had
left the party and joined BJP.
Former captain of the Bengal Ranji team, 39-year-old
Shukla, MLA of Howrah (Uttar), in his resignation letter to
Banerjee expressed his willingness to "retire" from politics,
the officials said.
Shukla, who was looking after the TMC affairs in Howrah
district, however, has not given up his post as an MLA, they
added.
Repeated calls to Shukla's mobile number went unanswered.
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