Suvendu Adhikari, 5 other Trinamul MLAs join BJP Shah welcomes Adhikari, others into BJP; says many more will leave TMC Five other Trinamul MLAs join saffron party at mammoth Midnapore rally Union home minister Amit Shah said there would be more desertions from the Trinamul Congress and that Bengal chief minister would be left alone in her party, his assertions coming on a day he presided over the induction of TMC heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari and several other MLAs into the BJP. Addressing a party rally at Midnapore, Shah alleged the Mamata Banerjee’s government was steeped in corruption resulting in alienation of the masses. He exuded confidence that the BJP would form the next government in the state (with a 294-membr Assembly) with more than 200 seats.