Dipendu Biswas, Sonali Guha, Sarla Murmu have expressed their desire to return to TMC
The recent assembly election in West Bengal witnessed a fierce battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
The nail-biting match between the two parties lived up to the ethos of the slogan khela hobe or the game will happen . The BJP seemed to have scored a goal when more than 30 leaders from the TMC switched sides and joined the national party just before the elections.
However,
the tide now appears to be turning back again. Several TMC turncoats are lining up for a gharwapsi , and the BJP seems rattled by the move.
The West Bengal assembly elections were no less than a big battle for the state. We have seen many politicians jumping from Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In one such incident, TMC leader Dipendu Biswas has written a letter to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee seeking her forgiveness on Monday (May 31).
With the Trinamool Congress (TMC) registering a thumping third consecutive poll victory in Bengal, turncoats who had quit the party before the elections to join the BJP now seem to be making a beeline to re-enter the Mamata Banerjee camp, the latest
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KOLKATA: The parliamentary board of BJP, likely to meet on Monday, may select the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly by evening.
On Saturday, the parliamentary board appointed two observers, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Bhupendra Yadav, for electing the leader of the opposition. Both Prasad and Yadav will hold meetings with the legislators and ask for their individual preferences. “After they voice their preferences, the observers will convey that to the parliamentary board, which will take the decision,” said a senior leader.
A few names, including national vice-president Mukul Roy, Suvendu Adhikari and Manoj Tigga, are doing the rounds. “The name of Santipur MLA Jagannath Sarkar can also be considered,” said a Bengal leader.
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