India
oi-Deepika S
Patna,
Aug
12:
Former
Rajya
Sabha
MP
Pavan
K
Varma
resigned
from
Trinamool
Congress
(TMC)
on
Friday,
thanking
West
Bengal
Chief
Minister
Mamata
Banerjee
for
“affection
and
courtesies”.
His
resignation
came
days
after
Nitish
Kumar
returned
to
the
Mahagathbandhan
and
formed
a
new
government
in
Bihar,
snapping
the
JD(U)’s
ties
with
the
BJP-led
NDA
in
Bihar.
Announcing
his
exit
from
Trinamool
on
Twitter,
Varma
said
“Dear
Mamata
Banerjee
ji,
Please
accept
my
resignation
from
the
Trinamool
Congress.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
warm
welcome
accorded
to
me,
and
for
your
affection
and
courtesies.
I
look
forward
to
remaining
in
touch.
Wishing
you
all
the
best.”
Dear
@MamataOfficial
ji,
Please
accept
my
resignation
from
the
@AITCofficial.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
warm
welcome
accorded
to
me,
and
for
your
affection
and
courtesies.
I
look
forward
to
remaining
in
touch.
Wishing
you
all
the
best,
and
with
warm
regards,
Pavan
K.
Varma—
Pavan
K.
Varma
(@PavanK_Varma)
August
12,
2022
Varma
was
an
adviser
to
Bihar
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar,
but
parted
ways
with
the
JD(U)
in
2020
and
later
joined
the
TMC.
CBI
gets
10-day
custody
of
TMC
leader
Anubrata
Mondal
in
cattle
smuggling
case
Pavan
Varma
has
served
as
India’s
ambassador
to
several
countries
and
has
also
been
a
spokesperson
for
the
Ministry
of
External
Affairs.
He
has
also
authored
several
books
and
is
a
recipient
of
Bhutan’s
highest
civilian
award
–
Druk
Thuksey
Award.