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TMC MLA Sonali Guha (R) and Tollywood actress Tanusree Chakraborty (2R) with state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh and BJP national vice president Mukul Roy, during an event to felicitate new members to the BJP party in Kolkata.
The Trinamool Congress on Monday lost five more sitting MLAs and the control of the Malda Zilla Parishad to the BJP as defections continued to rock West Bengal s ruling party ahead of the assembly polls.
Four-time MLAs Sonali Guha, a close associate of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for decades, and 80-year-old Rabindranath Bhattacharya, a prominent face of the Singur movement, joined the saffron party after they were denied the poll ticket.
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West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee
The TMC on Monday decided to replace Sarala Murmu, its candidate for Malda district s Habibpur assembly constituency, with Pradeep Baskey, amid speculation that she might join the BJP after allegedly being denied a seat that she desired.
A senior TMC leader said the party nominates a candidate for a particular constituency based on his or her winning possibility and not personal desires .
A statement issued by the TMC said, This is to inform that the candidate for Malda District s Habibpur Assembly Constituency, Sarala Murmu, had to be replaced due to her ill health. Pradeep Baskey will be contesting the upcoming Assembly Elections from this constituency.