diamond harbour south 24 parganas trinamool congresss twoterm diamond harbour mla dipak haldar quit the party on monday marking the first major desertion in party leader abhishek banerjees lok sabha constituency ten tmc mlas have so far defected to bjp since december in the runup to pollshaldar sent his resignation via speedpost to tmc state president subrata bakshi with a copy to south 24 parganas district president subhasish chakraborty haldar didnt immediately announce his future plans though he has been to bjp leader sovan chatterjees golpark residence last month i am yet to make up my mind he saidbut unlike suvendu adhikari and rajib banerjee haldar wont resign as an mla why should i resign from the assembly when people have elected me i will talk to the voters of my constituency and take a decision he saidhaldar fell from grace way back in 2015 when police arrested him in connection with a clash at fakir chand college after he confronted the officer in charge he has had to take a back seat in trinamool politics since thenhow long can i continue with the insult i was invited to mamata banerjees meetings in diamond harbour but i didnt get the invite when other leaders and ministers held meetings in my constituency no senior party leader felt like talking to me when i was feeling let down haldar said