Former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari joins BJP at Amit Shah's Midnapore rally

NewsBharati    19-Dec-2020 17:10:06 PM
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Kolkata, Dec 19: In a major setback to Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Saturday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the Midnapore College Ground. Adhikari joined the BJP amid Shah's two-day visit to West Bengal ahead of State Assembly elections in 2021.
 
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BJP leader Shah and Suvendu Adhikari then greeted people at the rally organized at College Ground in Paschim Medinipur ahead of the Union Minister's public address. Along with him, eleven MLAs, an MP and a former MP joined BJP today at the rally. The other MLAs are Tapasi Mondal, Ashoke Dinda, Sudip Mukherjee, Saikat Panja, Shilbhadra Dutta, Dipali Biswas, Sukra Munda, Shyamapda Mukherjee, Biswajit Kundu & Banasri Maity.
 
Former TMC leader had formally tendered his resignation to Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday when he had also resigned from the state Legislative Assembly. In his resignation letter, addressed to the CM Banerjee, Adhikari had said, "I am writing to tender my resignation as a member of All India Trinamool Congress as well as from all other positions held by me in the party and its associate organs with immediate effect. I am thankful for all the challenges and opportunities that have been given to me and I will always value my time spent as a member of the party."