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West Bengal: Defections from ruling party continue, TMC MLA Dipak Haldar joins BJP
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Kolkata: In continuation of the relentless exodus from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), TMC MLA of Diamond Harbour Dipak Haldar on Tuesday joined the saffron camp at a public rally of other turncoats Suvendu Adhikari and Rajib Banerjee. This comes a day after Haldar resigned from the ruling Trinamool Congress.
The development comes a few days after five TMC leaders, including Rajib Banerjee and three MLAs including Baishali Banerjee, Prabir Ghoshal and Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, joined the BJP on January 30 at the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the national capital.
HOWRAH: All six Trinamool Congress defectors, including three heavyweights from Howrah, showed up at the BJP rally in Howrah on Sunday, prompting Union home minister Amit Shah to say in his virtual address that TMC chief Mamata Banerjee would be left alone by the time polls were held in West Bengal.
“So many members from TMC have joined BJP in the last three months. Mamata ji should introspect why this is happening. By the time polls are held, you (Banerjee) will be left alone,” he said, highlighting the continuing desertions from Trinamool the first rush to BJP led by Suvendu Adhikari and the second by Rajib Banerjee.
Shah was scheduled to visit the state on January 30 and 31. However, his visit was postponed and he will now address the rally at Dumurjula through video conferencing.