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Rajib Banerjee and 4 Other Former Trinamool Leaders Join BJP Ahead of West Bengal Elections
Former TMC leaders Rajib Banerjee, Baishali Dalmiya, Prabir Ghoshal, Rathin Chakraborti and Rudranil with Amit Shah on Saturday.
Former Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee is set to meet Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi today evening.
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Hours after former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee quit the Trinamool Congress, he joined the BJP after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. Former TMC leaders Rajib Banerjee, Baishali Dalmiya, Prabir Ghoshal, Rathin Chakraborti and Rudranil Ghosh joined BJP today in New Delhi. I am sure their induction will further strengthen BJP’s fight for Sonar Bangla, Shah said in posts on social media.
The former TMC leader is scheduled to meet Shah in Delhi Rajib Banerjee likely to join BJP on Sunday | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Two days after quitting the Trinamool Congress, Rajib Banerjee is likely to join the BJP on Sunday in presence of Home Minister Amit Shah.
Rajib, a former minister in Mamata Banerjee cabinet, on Friday resigned from the Trinamool Congress and as MLA of the West Bengal Assembly. He was the forest minister in the West Bengal government and represented the Domjur Assembly seat in Howrah. I have resigned as the MLA of the state assembly. I submitted my resignation letter to the speaker. I thank my party supremo Mamata Banerjee for providing me with the opportunity to serve the masses, Rajib, a two-time MLA, said in his resignation letter.
Rajib Banerjee, who resigned from Bengal cabinet, quits as MLA ‘In the days to come, I will continue to serve the people of Domjur constituency’
Senior TMC leader Rajib Banerjee, who recently quit the Mamata Banerjee cabinet in Bengal, on Friday resigned from the post of MLA.
Banerjee, who represented the Domjur assembly seat, met Speaker Biman Banerjee at the state Assembly and submitted his resignation letter.
“I have resigned as the MLA of the state assembly. I submitted my resignation letter to the speaker. I thank my party supremo Mamata Banerjee for providing me the opportunity to serve the masses,” Banerjee, a two-time MLA, said.