No need to raise hue and cry over Mir Jafars: Bengal Minister on Suvendu Adhikari’s BJP switch
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Published: Sunday, December 20, 2020, 20:16 [IST]
Kolkata, Dec 20: The TMC on Sunday said there was no need to raise a hue and cry over the recent defections from the party, as traitors and backstabbers have existed since time immemorial .
Suvendu Adhikari
Addressing a press meet here, state panchayat minister and TMC MLA Subrata Mukherjee said his party is neither shocked nor crestfallen, as such desertions wouldn t have any impact on assembly polls, likely to be held in April-May.
The TMC does not attach much importance to such developments, he said, and pooh-poohed BJP s absurd claims of winning 250 of 294 assembly seats.
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The TMC on Sunday said there was no need to raise a hue and cry over the recent defections from the party, as traitors and backstabbers have existed since time immemorial.
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The TMC on Sunday said there was no need to raise a hue and cry over the recent defections from the party, as traitors and backstabbers have existed since time immemorial . Addressing a press meet here, state panchayat minister and TMC MLA Subrata Mukherjee said his party is neither shocked nor crestfallen, as such desertions wouldn t have any impact on assembly polls, likely to be held in April-May.
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Political heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari, along with one MP and five MLAs of the TMC, joined the BJP on Saturday, during Home Minister Amit Shah s rally in Midnapore.
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KOLKATA: The TMC on Sunday said there was no need to raise a hue and cry over the recent defections from the party, as traitors and backstabbers have existed since time immemorial .
Addressing a press meet here, state panchayat minister and TMC MLA Subrata Mukherjee said his party is neither shocked nor crestfallen, as such desertions wouldn t have any impact on assembly polls, likely to be held in April-May.