: The room allotted to Santanu Sen in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) was locked on Saturday and the nameplate bearing his name and appointment as Honorary Advisor (Health) of the KMC was removed.

“I am not aware of anyone other than TK Mukherjee as the KMC’s health advisor,” Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim said when asked about the removal of Sen’s nameplate. According to KMC sources, Sen has been in office since January 5, 2022. On Friday, Sen claimed that he had been removed from his post as the party’s spokesperson. He said he had not spoken against the party or any of its leaders and claimed that he came to know about his alleged removal through the media.

Sen had earlier claimed that “accurate information” about RG Kar was not being provided to the Bengal chief minister and alleged that a number of complaints had been filed against the former principal of RG Kar Medical College over the past three years. The politician, however, pledged his commitment to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). “I would like to say that I have served as a soldier in all the battles of the TMC and I am doing so even today. I was with the TMC and I will remain with the TMC,” he had said.

It is learnt that Sen’s wife Kakali Sen, councillor of KMC Ward 2, was also removed from the official WhatsApp group of KMC councillors.