BJP MLA Krishna Kalyani joins TMC fifth legislator to switch over
Kolkata Oct 27 PTI Raiganjs BJP MLA Krishna Kalyani joined the Trinamool Congress on WednesdayKalyani is the fifth BJP legislator in West Bengal to join the TMC after winning the assembly elections earlier this year in a major setback to the opposition partyHe is the former North Dinajpur district president of the TMC who joined the BJP ahead of the assembly elections and was fielded from RaiganjKalyan who has been at odds for quite some time with former Union minister Debasree Choudhury over running the BJPs affairs in the North Dinajpur district was welcomed to the TMC by its secretary-general and senior state minister Partha ChatterjeeNo self-respecting person can work freely in the BJPKalyani told reporters at the TMC headquarters hereHe said he was also upset with the anti-people policies of the Centre which has not taken a single step to check spiralling fuel pricesI was increasingly thinking that I cannot be a part of BJP anymore If I had not spoken in favour of Mamata Banerjees welfare policies before the assembly polls I had made a mistake that I want to correct now he saidIf someone wants to do good work as an MLA he is not allowed to do that in the BJP he allegedReacting to the development BJP state President Sukanta Majumder said Kalyani should explain that how he suddenly woke up to the policies of Mamata BanerjeeKalyani will get a befitting reply from the people of Raiganj in the future Majumder said adding that he joined TMC to serve his personal interestKalyani had quit the BJP earlier this month but did not resign as an MLAEarlier BJPs Krishnanagar Uttar MLA Mukul Roy Bishnupur MLA Tanmay Ghosh Bagdah MLA Biswajit Das and Kaliaganj MLA Soumen Roy joined the TMC besides Asansol MP Babul SupriyoThe MLAs are yet to resign from the assembly or to be disqualified under the anti-defection law while Supriyo has put in the papersBJP had won 77 seats in the assembly elections with two of the legislators — Dinhata MLA Nisith Pramanik and Santipur MLA Jagannath Sarkar — later resigning to retain their MP seatsTMC had won 213 seats in the assembly elections in April-May and bagged the Samserganj and Janipur seats earlier this month taking its tally to 215 in the 294-member House PTI SUS SOM SOM
Kolkata Oct 27 PTI Raiganjs BJP MLA Krishna Kalyani joined the Trinamool Congress on WednesdayKalyani is the fifth BJP legislator in West Bengal to join the TMC after winning the assembly elections earlier this year in a major setback to the opposition partyHe is the former North Dinajpur district president of the TMC who joined the BJP ahead of the assembly elections and was fielded from RaiganjKalyan who has been at odds for quite some time with former Union minister Debasree Choudhury over running the BJPs affairs in the North Dinajpur district was welcomed to the TMC by its secretary-general and senior state minister Partha ChatterjeeNo self-respecting person can work freely in the BJPKalyani told reporters at the TMC headquarters hereHe said he was also upset with the anti-people policies of the Centre which has not taken a single step to check spiralling fuel pricesI was increasingly thinking that I cannot be a part of BJP anymore If I had not spoken in favour of Mamata Banerjees welfare policies before the assembly polls I had made a mistake that I want to correct now he saidIf someone wants to do good work as an MLA he is not allowed to do that in the BJP he allegedReacting to the development BJP state President Sukanta Majumder said Kalyani should explain that how he suddenly woke up to the policies of Mamata BanerjeeKalyani will get a befitting reply from the people of Raiganj in the future Majumder said adding that he joined TMC to serve his personal interestKalyani had quit the BJP earlier this month but did not resign as an MLAEarlier BJPs Krishnanagar Uttar MLA Mukul Roy Bishnupur MLA Tanmay Ghosh Bagdah MLA Biswajit Das and Kaliaganj MLA Soumen Roy joined the TMC besides Asansol MP Babul SupriyoThe MLAs are yet to resign from the assembly or to be disqualified under the anti-defection law while Supriyo has put in the papersBJP had won 77 seats in the assembly elections with two of the legislators — Dinhata MLA Nisith Pramanik and Santipur MLA Jagannath Sarkar — later resigning to retain their MP seatsTMC had won 213 seats in the assembly elections in April-May and bagged the Samserganj and Janipur seats earlier this month taking its tally to 215 in the 294-member House PTI SUS SOM SOM
