One other BJP MLA has switched sides in Bengal and joined the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress. Suman Kanjilal is the sixth BJP MLA to take action after the 2021 meeting elections. The BJP now has 69 MLAs in Bengal, down from the 77 seats it gained within the 2021 elections, which the Trinamool swept.
Mr Kanjilal, MLA from Alipurduar in north Bengal, joined Trinamool right now after assembly the celebration’s nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata. North Bengal is among the areas of the state the place the BJP has made inroads and poses a troublesome problem to the ruling celebration.
The Trinamool Congress tweeted: “Rejecting the anti-people insurance policies & hate-laden agenda of @BJP4India, Shri Suman Kanjilal joined the AITC household right now, within the presence of our Nationwide Common Secretary Shri @abhishekaitc. Yet one more @BJP4Bengal MLA realises the reality that BJP has no intention to serve folks!”
“Are you terrified of the tenth Schedule of the Indian Structure (anti-defection legislation)? Not handing over TMC flag? As a result of, inside Vidhan Sabha, as within the case of Mukul Roy, TMC Proprietor labelled him as BJP; Suman Kanjilal would additionally declare that he belongs to the BJP Legislative Social gathering,” shot again BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, who can be the Chief of Opposition in West Bengal, on Twitter.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh weighed in: “Earlier than tweeting this to public, please go dwelling first, and inform this concept of anti-defection legislation to your father and brother. Additionally settle for the truth that MLAs of BJP haven’t any belief on BJP and LOP. That is failure of opportunist betrayer Suvendu Adhikari additionally.”
Earlier than tweeting this to public, please go dwelling first, and inform this concept of anti defection legislation to your father and brother. Additionally settle for the truth that MLAs of BJP haven’t any belief on BJP and LOP. That is failure of opportunist betrayer Suvendu Adhikari additionally. https://t.co/CNOE4SRNKc
— Kunal Ghosh (@KunalGhoshAgain) February 5, 2023
Suvendu Adhikari’s father and brother are Trinamool MPs who lean in the direction of the BJP however haven’t stop their seats. On a number of events, they’ve defied celebration whips.
The Trinamool Congress has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, asking him to disqualify Sisir Adhikari, Suvendu Adhikari’s father and the MP from Kanthi. However the Speaker has not taken motion thus far.
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