Kolkata, 8/3: In a major development, five MLAs of TMC and a party candidate have joined BJP ahead of Bengal Polls. All of them joined the party in presence of party leader Dilip Ghosh, Suvendu Adhikari, and state unit chief Dilip Ghosh.
TMC MLAs Sonali Guha, Sital Sardar, Dipendu Biswas, Rabindranath Bhattacharya, and Jatu Lahiri joined the BJP in Kolkata. Swarala Murmu also joined the BJP today as her name was withdrawn from the elections by the party.
Kolkata: TMC MLAs Sonali Guha, Dipendu Biswas, Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Jatu Lahiri and TMC candidate from Habibpur Sarala Murmu join BJP in presence of West Bengal party president Dilip Ghosh, BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari & Mukul Roy #WestBengalElections2021 pic.twitter.com/4AtGAHa6H7
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2021
All four sitting MLAs were not given party tickets by TMC for the Assembly elections.
The news is a big setback for the TMC as more and more leaders are migrating towards the BJP.