As the record of repentant TMC folks grows, a piece of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has expressed opposition to the withdrawal of leaders who stop the occasion to affix the BJP for the meeting elections. However, a senior TMC chief claimed on Tuesday that this resistance to bringing again the turncoats was not a “universal phenomenon”.
Following the return of Mukul Roy and his son final Friday, his shut aide and North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad member Ratan Ghosh stop the occasion on Sunday and appealed to the TMC to take them again. On the identical day, BJP State Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha president Dulal Bar, a former TMC MLA and one other Mukul ally additionally expressed displeasure with the saffron camp. Former minister and BJP chief Rajiv Banerjee’s assembly with TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh a number of days in the past sparked hypothesis about his return to the ruling occasion. BJP leaders Sunil Singh, Biswajit Kundu, Sonali Guha, Prabir Ghoshal, Sabyasachi Dutta, and Deependu Biswas – all former TMC MLAs – have additionally expressed their need to rejoin the TMC.
Bardhaman Purba MP Sunil Mandal, who joined the BJP together with Suvendu Adhikari a number of months in the past within the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday grew to become the newest opposition chief to precise remorse.
Hitting out at his occasion, the MP mentioned, “All India leaders of the BJP weren’t accepted in Bengal. We understood however we weren’t able to say all these items. What Tathagata Roy and Dilip Ghosh mentioned lately about leaders who got here from TMC can also be not acceptable.
Criticizing the officer, the Leader of the Opposition, Mandal mentioned, “Suvendu got here to my home and requested me to affix the BJP. Then he promised many issues that day however he didn’t hold any promise.”
However, a piece of TMC leaders and staff don’t wish to see these leaders again within the occasion. In Howrah district, supporters of Minister of State Arup Rai have put up posters at numerous locations opposing the inclusion of Rajiv Banerjee. He had additionally lately held a rally towards the BJP chief.
In Hooghly district, TMC staff are campaigning to forestall the re-entry of former Uttarpara MLA Prabir Ghoshal, who misplaced the election on a BJP ticket. Several anti-Ghoshal posters have surfaced within the Konnagar space of Hooghly in current occasions. Similar posters have surfaced in Noapara and Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district towards the return of Sunil Singh, brother-in-law of BJP MP Arjun Singh.
State Fire Minister Sujit Basu has additionally opposed any chance of taking again Sabyasachi Dutta, former mayor of Vidhannagar, who misplaced to him within the meeting elections.
After seeing widespread floor resistance to the restoration of the turncoat, the TMC management is in a dilemma. However, many leaders imagine that though this may increasingly delay the return of many leaders, it’s going to occur ultimately. Party President and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already introduced {that a} committee might be fashioned to resolve on the withdrawal of the previous leaders on a case by case foundation.
“Protests against turncoats are not a universal phenomenon. We have received reports of protests at some places. However, Mukul Roy’s case was different. Mamata Banerjee personally decided to take Mukul back. We did not adopt any general policy for these leaders…,” mentioned TMC MP Saugata Roy.
Another senior occasion chief mentioned that many staff have been opposing the return of the defectors as these leaders had left the occasion throughout troublesome days and at the moment are demanding their return.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
