17 Rebel TMC MPs May Join BJP Before Or After Durga Puja, Claims Jagadish Basunia; Dissidents Deny Move
Kolkata, Sep 14: Rebel TMC leader and Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia on Monday claimed that 17 of the 20 Lok Sabha members aligned with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India will join the BJP before or after Durga Puja, a claim promptly disputed by fellow dissidents. The BJP sought to distance itself from the claim, with its West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya saying the…
Kolkata, September 14: A rebel Trinamool Congress MP has claimed that 17 of his party's 20 Lok Sabha members are set to join the BJP before or after Durga Puja, while fellow dissidents have denied this move. On Monday, TMC leader Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia stated that 17 MPs had finalized plans to join the BJP together, a decision that would be exempt from the anti-defection law.
The BJP, however, distanced itself from the claim, with its West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya stating that the party would not accept anyone simply because they wished to join. Fellow rebel MP Satabdi Roy later clarified that Basunia made these remarks in his personal capacity and that the group had not taken a formal decision yet.
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