BJP’s North Bengal MLA Suman Kanjilal joins TMC

By Express News Service

KOLKATA: In a jolt to BJP’s north Bengal stronghold, an MLA from Alipurduar of the saffron camp on Sunday defected to the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Suman Kanjilal, a BJP MLA from the north Bengal constituency, joined the Trinamool Congress in presence of Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress’s nationwide normal secretary and nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.  

With the defection of Kanjilal, BJP’s power within the Assembly has come right down to 69 from 77 as 5 different MLAs had joined the ruling TMC earlier. Two MPs, who had contested within the 2021 Assembly elections and gained, determined to operate as representatives within the decrease home of the Parliament.

“As an MLA, I wish to work for the frequent folks. I mentioned it with the chief minister. I made a decision to affix the TMC to work higher for the folks. I wished to carry out extra once I was a BJP MLA utilizing the schemes of the Union authorities. But I couldn’t as a result of many initiatives have been stalled by the BJP-led Centre,’’ mentioned Kanjilal.

Kanjilal’s change in political allegiance is claimed to be vital forward of the panchayat elections within the state.

Though the TMC had secured a sweeping victory by bagging 214 seats out of 292 within the 2021 Assembly polls, the occasion failed to depart a footprint within the Alipurduar district because the BJP secured victory in all 5 seats.

“The people who voted for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and 2021 Assembly polls are disappointed. They realised there is no alternative political force other than the TMC which can offer good governance,” mentioned a senior TMC chief, including that there have been extra surprises ready for the BJP in North Bengal.

In the 2019 normal elections, the BJP bagged 18 seats out of 42 in Bengal of which seven have been from north Bengal.

KOLKATA: In a jolt to BJP’s north Bengal stronghold, an MLA from Alipurduar of the saffron camp on Sunday defected to the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Suman Kanjilal, a BJP MLA from the north Bengal constituency, joined the Trinamool Congress in presence of Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress’s nationwide normal secretary and nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.  

With the defection of Kanjilal, BJP’s power within the Assembly has come right down to 69 from 77 as 5 different MLAs had joined the ruling TMC earlier. Two MPs, who had contested within the 2021 Assembly elections and gained, determined to operate as representatives within the decrease home of the Parliament.

“As an MLA, I wish to work for the frequent folks. I mentioned it with the chief minister. I made a decision to affix the TMC to work higher for the folks. I wished to carry out extra once I was a BJP MLA utilizing the schemes of the Union authorities. But I couldn’t as a result of many initiatives have been stalled by the BJP-led Centre,’’ mentioned Kanjilal.

Kanjilal’s change in political allegiance is claimed to be vital forward of the panchayat elections within the state.

Though the TMC had secured a sweeping victory by bagging 214 seats out of 292 within the 2021 Assembly polls, the occasion failed to depart a footprint within the Alipurduar district because the BJP secured victory in all 5 seats.

“The people who voted for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and 2021 Assembly polls are disappointed. They realised there is no alternative political force other than the TMC which can offer good governance,” mentioned a senior TMC chief, including that there have been extra surprises ready for the BJP in North Bengal.

In the 2019 normal elections, the BJP bagged 18 seats out of 42 in Bengal of which seven have been from north Bengal.