Highlights
Tiwari is a two-time MLA from Pandabeswar in Paschim Barddhaman district
He had rebelled against the TMC leadership in December
New Delhi: In yet another setback to the Trinamool Congress party in West Bengal, party MLA Jitendra Tiwari on Tuesday (March 1) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He joined BJP in the presence of party state chief Dilip Ghosh at a programme in Sreerampur in Hooghly district.
"I have joined the BJP as I want to work for the development of the state. In TMC, it was no longer possible to work for the party," Tiwari was quoted as saying by PTI.