Senior Trinamool leaders had changed camps to BJP, starting from Mukul Ray and Trinamool minister Rajib Banerjee, along with several MLAs. Following the 2021 assembly polls, the MLAs went back to Trinamool Congress again and thus the total number of BJP MLAs got reduced from 77 to 67. The BJP has continued to lose MLAs following the 2021 landslide victory of Trinamool Congress in assembly polls, when it won 77 seats and emerged as the main Opposition party.