08-11-2007, 02:05 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Meanwhile,<b> in a major instance of intra-party rebellion about 800 CPI(M) cadre led by a panchayat pradhan from Patrasayar in Bankura district quit the party on Friday and joined the Opposition Trinamool ranks. Though rebels could not be contacted, Trinamool sources said the CPI(M) workers had quit the party protesting rampant corruption by the high-ups. "This only the beginning. Soon similar desertions would be seen in large parts of East Midnapore, and South 24 Parganas as many of their supporters are in direct touch with us,</b>" Trinamool leader Jyotipriya Mallick said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->