A day after two Trinamool Congress legislators and over 50 councillors joined the BJP, Mamata's Banerjee's party suffered another blow as another TMC MLA Monirul Islam joined the saffron party on Wednesday.
The BJP projected the decision of TMC's Muslim MLA to join the party as a vindication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwash" (together with all, development for all, trust of all).
Monirul Islam, elected from Labpur constituency, and several office-bearers of the Trinamool Congress in Birbhum district joined the saffron camp at the BJP headquarters here in the presence of BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and senior leader Mukul Roy.
They include Gadadhar Hazra, a former Trinamool MLA, Asif Iqbal and Nimai Das. Iqbal and Das are district office bearers of the party.
After their formal induction, Vijayvargiya accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of practising politics of "terror" in the state and claimed she had lost the faith of the people as well party cadres.
"People of West Bengal have now faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and they feel he can do all-round development of the state," he said.
Several other TMC workers also joined the saffron party in Delhi in the presence of BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Kailash Vijaywargiya.
PTI
