»As Bengal Nears Assembly Polls, CM Banerjee Stares at Slew of TMC Resignations: A Look at Deserters
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As Bengal Nears Assembly Polls, CM Banerjee Stares at Slew of TMC Resignations: A Look at Deserters
File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
As of now, some of the TMC’s prominent faces are playing leading roles in the BJP’s Bengal campaign former railway minister and Mamata’s right-hand-man Mukul Roy, former minister Suvendu Adhikary, MPs Saumitra Khan and Arjun Singh, former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, and Rajarhat MLA Sabyasachi Dutta, to name a few.
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Updated Feb 02, 2021 | 14:57 IST
Haldar, who represents Diamond Harbour constituency, is the latest leader from the Trinamool Congress, to switch over from the state’s ruling party to the BJP. Ex-TMC leader Dipak Haldar joins BJP | Photo Credit: ANI
West Bengal: Former TMC MLA Dipak Haldar on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of party leaders Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari, giving the saffron party a fillip ahead of the Assembly elections due in April-May this year.
Haldar, who represents Diamond Harbour constituency, is the latest leader from the Trinamool Congress to switch over from the state’s ruling party to the BJP.
No one except Mamata to be left in TMC: Amit Shah
No one except Mamata to be left in TMC: Amit Shah
IANS / Updated: Feb 1, 2021, 06:00 IST
KOLKATA Union home minister
Amit Shah (in pic) on Sunday said the way
Trinamool Congress leaders are joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal there will be no one left except
Mamata Banerjee in the party at the end of assembly elections.
“By the time the elections will be held in Bengal, Mamata Didi will turn back and see no one in the party. There will no one left except for her,” Shah said while virtually addressing the BJP’s mega joining rally at Howrah Dumurjala stadium.
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Former West Bengal minister and TMC MLA Rajib Banerjee has been provided with ‘Z’ category security in West Bengal.
The order comes from the Ministry of Home Affairs after the leader joined BJP.
Kolkata: Former West Bengal minister and TMC MLA Rajib Banerjee has been provided with ‘Z’ category security in West Bengal. The order comes from the Ministry of Home Affairs after the leader joined BJP. Also, the former Bengal minister has also been provided with ‘Y+’ category security across the country.
After resigning from the ruling TMC last week, Banerjee joined the BJP on Saturday. Four other TMC leaders who were disgruntled with the