Kolkata: West Bengal minister Bachchu Hansda and Tehatta MLA Gouri Sankar Dutta joined the BJP on Wednesday after being denied nominations for the meeting polls by the Trinamool Congress.
Hansda, the Minister of State for North Bengal Development, joined the BJP in presence of its state president Dilip Ghosh. He is a two-time MLA from the Tapan seat within the Dakshin Dinajpur district.
Dutta, the MLA from Tehatta in Nadia, is a veteran politician. He additionally converted to the BJP as defections continued to rock the ruling Trinamool Congress weeks forward of the high-stakes election.
Besides, Bengali actor Bonny Sengupta additionally joined the BJP. His shut good friend and actor Koushani Mukherjee not too long ago joined the TMC and is a candidate from the Krishnanagar Uttar seat.
TMC MP Pratima Mandal’s youthful sister Jayanti additionally joined the BJP. Councilors of assorted municipalities and district- stage leaders of TMC additionally switched sides with Dilip Ghosh handing them the celebration flag.
Earlier this week, 5 TMC legislators, together with four-time Satgachia MLA Sonali Guha and 89-year-old Singur MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharya, had converted to the BJP after they had been dropped by the ruling celebration from its candidate listing.
A complete of 26 TMC MLAs and two MPs have converted to the BJP for the reason that 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However, aside from the previous state ministers Suvendu Adhikari and Rajib Banerjee, and Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi none of them gave up their memberships of meeting or Parliament.
