Former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee joins BJP in presence of Mukul Roy
Chatterjee, A Former Minister Of The Mamata Banerjee Government, Joined The Party In The Presence Of Its Senior West Bengal Leader Mukul Roy And Its General Secretary Arun Singh.
Former Kolkata mayor and Trinamool Congress MLA Sovan Chatterjee joined the BJP on Wednesday. Chatterjee, a former minister of the Mamata Banerjee government, joined the party in the presence of its senior West Bengal leader Mukul Roy and its general secretary Arun Singh. Welcoming Chatterjee, Roy said he was one of those leaders who has made a big contribution to Banerjee's rise to the post of chief minister.
"He will now strengthen the BJP... Let me repeat that TMC will not even get the status of the opposition party," he told reporters.
Six TMC MLAs, and one each of Congress and CPI(M) have switched over to BJP since the results of Lok Sabha polls were announced in May, with the saffron party wooing rival party leaders to bolster its strength in the run up to the next assembly polls in the state, due in 2021.
The BJP made deep inroads in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha polls by winning 18 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats, just four less than the TMC.
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