Former MP demands change in CPI-M leadership, lauds Mamata

"The same thing holds true for the hills (in northern West Bengal)," said the ex-Lok sabha member from Tamluk in East Midnapore, referring to the Gorkhaland agitation.

"Mamata has lot of guts. She says with conviction that she would not allow any division of Bengal. We could not say the same with this much conviction when we were in power," he added.

The two-member panel constituted to inquire into corruption and anti-party activities against Seth, had been heckled by his loyalists in the East Midnapore district recently.

Seth is under the scanner following the sale of a medical and a dental college in Haldia of the district to a private business group for a whopping amount.

However, with the general elections approaching, CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose claimed two days back that the party had not formed any commission against Seth.