Kolkata: Bharatiya Janta Party leader and former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee met Trinamool Congress (TMC) state common secretary Kunal Ghosh on Saturday amid speculation of return to his old party. Though, Ghosh claimed that it was a ‘courtesy assembly’.
Rajib Banerjee, who converted to BJP and had unsuccessfully contested meeting polls on a BJP ticket from Domjur seat, went to Ghosh’s residence within the northern half of Kolkata the place the 2 had a gathering for greater than 1.5 hours.
The improvement comes a day after BJP nationwide vice chairman Mukul Roy returned to TMC within the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The absence of Rajib Banerjee on the latest assembly of the party’s West Bengal unit triggered speculations of his return to the old party. Rajib Banerjee even wrote a over a social media put up saying “people will not take kindly to threats of Presidents rule against a government elected with a huge mandate”.
Mukul Roy and Shamik Bhattacharya have been the opposite two leaders lacking from th property BJP meet.
Rajib Banerjee had resigned from the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in January claiming that he was pressured to achieve this as a bit of party leaders “humiliated him for airing his grievances over their style of functioning”. He had served as minister within the TMC authorities each in 2011 and 2016.
Meanwhile on Friday, After Mukul roy’s return to TMC, an elated Mamata Banerjee stated that extra folks will come out of the BJP and be a part of her party within the days to come.
“Mukul (Roy) is our old member and he has come back. He was not in a good condition in the BJP because the saffron party created pressure on him through agencies, as a result, he was not in mental peace. I was watching that his health condition had also deteriorated because one cannot stay in the BJP. It is a heartless party and no human being can stay there,” Mamata Banerjee stated.
