Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 22 (ANI): Two days after Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari, along with several other leaders across party lines, switched over to the BJP, its national vice-president Baijayant Panda on Monday claimed that more leaders from opposition parties are willing to join them in the state.
"We are in touch with many leaders who want to join us. Opposition party members are contacting us on a daily basis," Panda said.
"Because of the undeniable popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which is exceptional, this is a phenomenon all over the country. Recently you have seen, when Home Minster Amit Shah was in the state, members of other parties, especially the TMC, joined BJP in large numbers," Panda said, adding people of West Bengal are tired of the violence in the state that is carried out by the current government. "They want to go back to the golden old days and that can only be possible with the development agenda of the BJP under the leadership of PM Modi."