Kolkata: The ‘ghar wapsi’ of Mukul Roy and BJP chief Rajib Banerjee’s ‘curtesy meeting’ with Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Kunal Ghosh on Saturday has raised issues in each the BJP and TMC corridors in West Bengal.
With a rise within the variety of ‘ghar wapsi’ purposes, the TMC grassroot leaders are letting their displeasure be identified and telling turncoats that they aren’t welcome of their respective districts.
Senior TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Monday hit out at Rajib Banerjee for assembly Kunal Ghosh on the latter’s residence in Kolkata on Saturday. Kunal Ghosh is West Bengal state secretary of the TMC.
“Rajib Banerjee is big zero. We have done well without him. During the elections he was instrumental in using the central force against our workers. How can he now say he is secular? He has utilised polarisation weapon too,” Kalyan Banerjee stated.
Though Rajib claimed that his with Ghosh was a “mere courtesy”, the transfer had political ramifications. Grassroots degree staff who’ve fought in opposition to turncoats are in no temper to welcome them again into the social gathering fold.
In Howrah, from the place Rajib hails, TMC gained 11 seats and BJP couldn’t handle even one. The TMC staff due to this fact imagine that there isn’t any must take Rajib and others like him again. In Howrah’s Salabh, rallies have been taken out on Monday to protest Rajib’s entry into the TMC.
Sunil Singh, former TMC MLA of Noapara, who switched to the BJP and now has introduced his need to hitch TMC again, has additionally been proven disdain with posters up in opposition to him throughout the state.
Then there may be Biswajit Das, former TMC MLA of Bongaon, who switched sides earlier than the polls. Posters studying, ‘Durnithibaj dole neowa jabe na’ (we don’t need corrupt individuals again within the social gathering) have come up in opposition to him as nicely.
In different locations, too, the TMC grassroot staff are making it clear that turncoats aren’t welcome.
TMC sources informed News18 that they’re in no hurry to take turncoats again and whoever approaching the social gathering now should wait.
Rajib, in a Facebook submit, raised questions on the usage of the polarisation card simply after that he was seen assembly the spokesperson, elevating a number of questions on his ‘ghar wapsi’. But with the open hostility by TMC staff, it has grow to be clear for him that the street again house is certainly bumpy.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has herself said that those that did ‘gaddari’ won’t be taken again however whether or not or not this assertion holds true for Rajib stays to be seen.
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