Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo on Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and claimed that five more leaders may quit the saffron party in West Bengal.
Babul Supriyo, who joined TMC three months ago. Must have gone to the mountain. Retirement) If you want to find Bengali crabs that will pull you from behind, go to Murlidhar Lane (state BJP address).”
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— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) December 25, 2021
Five West Bengal MLAs – Mukutmoni Adhikari (Ranaghat South), Subrata Thakur (Gayaghata), Ambika Roy (Kalyani), Ashok Kirtaniya (Bongaon North), and Asim Sarkar (Haringhata) had reportedly left the WhatsApp group. Among the various committees formed by the BJP’s state party unit on Saturday.
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However, Ambika Roy later expressed her desire to rejoin the WhatsApp group, saying she had made a mistake and wanted to “remain a loyal soldier of the BJP.”
Notably, five MLAs are from the Matua community, which forms a major part of the state’s scheduled caste population.
Meanwhile, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said, “None of the five MLAs will be left out. We will include them in new committees. They will have to be a little more patient.”
Mamta Bala Thakur asks Subrata Thakur to join Trinamool Congress
Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Bala Thakur, who is also associated with All India Matua Mahasangh (AIMM), met Subrata Thakur, who is among the five MLAs who had reportedly left the WhatsApp group, to join the Trinamool Congress. For.
Targeting the BJP, the leader of the Matua community said, “BJP has not done anything for the Matua people till date. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself came to Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, but there was no development for the community. All Matuas will accept it. Only Mamata Banerjee has worked for Matua. BJP misunderstood the Matua people and they realized it. So they now want to return to TMC. They want to join the development of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.”
(With inputs from Deepak Debnath, PTI)
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