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Another TMC MLA, Jitendra Tiwari joins BJP ahead of Bengal polls 2021.
Amid an ongoing exodus from the ruling Trinamool Congress ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, two-time party MLA from Pandabeswar in
Paschim Barddhaman district and former Asansol mayor, Jitendra Tiwari, joined the BJP on Tuesday.
Tiwari, who had rebelled against the TMC leadership but had mellowed down after the BJP declined to induct him into the party in December last year, joined the saffron camp in the presence of party state chief Dilip Ghosh at a programme in Sreerampur in Hooghly district. Want to work for development
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Tiwari is a two-time MLA from Pandabeswar in Paschim Barddhaman district
He had rebelled against the TMC leadership in December
New Delhi: In yet another setback to the Trinamool Congress party in West Bengal, party MLA Jitendra Tiwari on Tuesday (March 1) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He joined BJP in the presence of party state chief Dilip Ghosh at a programme in Sreerampur in Hooghly district. I have joined the BJP as I want to work for the development of the state. In TMC, it was no longer possible to work for the party, Tiwari was quoted as saying by PTI.
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TMC Santipur MLA Arindam Bhattacharya joins BJP.
The list of Trinamool Congress leaders leaving the party ahead of Assembly elections in West Bengal continues to grow longer. In yet another resignation from Team Mamata, Santipur MLA Arindam Bhattacharya on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi. Bhattacharya joined the saffron party in the presence Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya at the party headquarters.Â
Addressing the media after joining the BJP, Bhattacharya accused the TMC leadership of blocking the path of young leaders like him. I had joined the TMC with great hopes. I had big plans for my region, I tried my best to work but people like me were not allowed to progress. Our hands were tied in TMC. Infact, many eligible leaders who wanted to perform and take their area forward were not allowed to work, Arindam Bhattacharya said.Â