The Trinamool Congress on Monday expelled party MLAs Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay and Sandipan Saha on charges of “anti-party activities”, The Indian Express reported.The two legislators were removed minutes after West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claimed at a press conference that they had complained about the signatures of Trinamool Congress MLAs being forged on a party letter endorsing Sovondeb Chattopadhyay as the leader of opposition in the Assembly.Adhikari said that Bandopadhyay and Saha claimed that no such resolution was passed, and the document was fabricated, India Today reported.“Notably, 14 of the signatures are written in block letters,” the chief minister was quoted by the channel as saying. “Three MLAs have already explicitly stated that they never signed any resolution. Following these discrepancies, the secretary of the speaker lodged an FIR at the Hare Street police station, and the case has now been handed over to the CID [Criminal Investigation Department].”After the Trinamool Congress expelled him, Saha claimed that the party “supports those who do unethical things” and expels those who act ethically, The Indian Express reported. “We did not even know that a signature in an attendance register would be passed off as a signature on a proposal,” he claimed.The Trinamool Congress, however, accused the two MLAs of harming the party’s interests in several ways. “It has been observed that you have engaged in activities and made statements that are prejudicial to the interests of AITC,” said their expulsion letters, signed by party vice president Chandrima Bhattacharya, according to India Today.The letter also alleged that Bandopadhyay and Saha remained absent from meetings convened by the party leadership.Last week, Bandopadhyay and Saha met West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose in Adhikari’s presence amid speculation that they may defect from the Trinamool Congress.While Bandopadhyay is the MLA from Uluberia-Purba, Saha represents the constituency of Entally. Last month, both of them urged the Trinamool Congress leadership to expel party leader Jahangir Khan after he withdrew his nomination from the repoll that took place in the Falta constituency, The Indian Express reported.Edited by Sneha.