Several rebel TMC MLAs and leaders will join the BJP along with Suvendu at a public meeting presided over by Home Minister Amit Shah in Medinipur over the weekend, sources said. The rest are likely to wait and watch for now.
In his short resignation letter dated December 16, addressed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu said he was “thankful for all the challenges and opportunities that has been afforded to me”. Suvendu was a member of the party’s steering committee and state committee, and a leader of its trade union front. Last month, he had quit the Cabinet where he held three important departments.