My brother, host of other TMC leaders will join BJP: Suvendu Adhikari
Kolkata, Jan 01: Former Transport Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, who quit TMC and joined the BJP said that his brother, Soumendu and a host of other TMC leaders will join the BJP.
"My younger brother Soumendu will join the BJP in Contai today. He will be accompanied by several councillors and 5,000 TMC grassroot workers. The TMC will steadily disintegrate," Suvendu said according to a PTI report.
Following his removal as the chairman of the board of administrators of Contai Municipality in Purba Medinipur district, Trinamool Congress leader Soumendu Adhikari on hinted that he would join the BJP following the footsteps of his political heavyweight brother Suvendu.
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"Lotus will bloom in every household. Wait a bit," said Mr Soumendu Adhikari who also filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging his removal from his post in the civic body.
Lotus is the election symbol of the BJP. Mr Soumendu had not participated in the recent political programmes of the TMC in the district and a section of the party leaders alleged that he was supporting Suvendu Adhikari's mass contact programmes in the district for the last two months.
"Remember,
we
worship
Maa
Durga
with
108
lotuses,"
Mr
Soumendu
told
reporters
at
Contai.
Suvendu
Adhikari,
a
former
cabinet
minister
in
the
Mamata
Banerjee
government,
joined
the
BJP
along
with
nine
MLAs,
five
of
them
from
the
TMC,
and
a
party
MP
during
Union
Home
Minister
Amit
Shah's
rally
in
Medinipur
on
December
19.
At a public rally on Tuesday, Suvendu Adhikari said that lotus will bloom in his family.
His father Sisir Adhikari and another brother Dibyendu are TMC MPs. They did not give any indication of leaving the TMC.
However,
Dibyendu
Adhikari
on
Wednesday
termed
the
decision
to
remove
Soumendu
from
the
post
of
chairman
of
the
board
of
administrator
of
Contai
Municipality
as
"unfortunate,
unexpected
and
unfair."
Soumendu
Adhikari
was
the
chairman
of
Contai
Municipality
till
the
term
of
the
board
expired
in
2019.
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He was then appointed as its administrator since elections were postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Claiming
that
he
has
been
illegally
removed
by
the
West
Bengal
Municipal
Affairs
Department
from
his
post
in
the
civic
body
on
December
30,
Soumendu
moved
the
Calcutta
High
Court
on
Thursday.
Assembly
election
is
due
in
West
Bengal
in
April-May
2021.