A day after Mukul Roy joined Trinamool Congress leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee, who had joined the BJP only months before the assembly elections, met Trinamool leader Kunal Ghosh today.
Over 150 leaders from ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before the state elections, sparking criticism and infighting.
Trinamool Congress leadership is yet to take a call on ghar wapsi (return home) by former TMC leaders who had joined the BJP ahead of the recently concluded assembly elections which the Mamata Banerjee-led party swept. Top TMC sources said Banerjee, who is the party supremo, will take a final call on allowing those TMC men and women who had crossed over to the saffron party, re-entry into party. While analysts predicted that the party would allow a return very selectively to drive home the message to its cadre ahead of general elections in 2024, that rebellions would not be tolerated.
Top Trinamool sources said that Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will take a final call on allowing those TMC men and women who had crossed over to BJP, re-entry into the party. Several former TMC MLAs including Dipendu Biswas and Sonali Guha have in recent past sent letters regretting their decision to join the BJP and sought to return back to the partys fold.
Post poll violence continues in Bengal as one killed, six injured; Governor hits out at Mamata government
The clashes occurred at Muktinagar village under Dubrajpur assembly constituency when a group of people, allegedly BJP workers, tried to enter the houses of villagers on Friday night.
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KOLKATA: One person was killed and six others were injured in a clash between the TMC and the BJP in West Bengal s Birbhum district, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred at Muktinagar village under Dubrajpur assembly constituency when a group of people, allegedly BJP workers, tried to enter the houses of villagers on Friday night, a police officer said.