West Bengal
West Bengal: BJP MLA Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya returns to TMC
Kolkata/IBNS: In another setback for the saffron party ahead of the 2021 assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from West Bengal's Bishnupur, Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya, returned to his former party Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday.
Bhattacharya, who had won from Bishnupur in 2016 assembly elections as a Congress candidate, had joined the TMC in July of the same year.
Following the BJP's massive success in the 2019 General Elections, he had switched to the BJP.
Returning to his former party, Bhattacharya said, "I had no grudge against TMC. I was upset over the party on certain issues which have now been resolved. I am happy to return to the TMC."
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee during the Martyrs' Day rally on Jul 21 had given a call to all the disgruntled leaders to return to the party fold.
In the 2019 General Elections, the BJP had registered an unprecedented gain in West Bengal politics by winning 18 of 42 seats.
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