Six Trinamul turncoats, including former minister Rajib Banerjee, joined the BJP at Amit Shah’s residence in Delhi late on Saturday after they took a chartered flight to the capital on the Union home minister’s “orders”.
“We have been handed over the BJP flag and formally inducted into the party by Amit Shah,” said Banerjee.
The others who joined the BJP with him were expelled Trinamul MLA Baishali Dalmia, former mayor of Howrah Rathin Chakraborty, MLA Prabir Ghoshal, former chairman of Ranaghat municipality Parthasarathi Chattopadhyay and actor Rudranil Ghosh.
“I am sure their induction will further strengthen the BJP’s fight for Sonar Bangla,” Shah said.