September 21, 2024

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Shah isn’t coming to Bengal. But TMC leaders are coming to Delhi. Didi can’t imagine it

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The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal was pressured to helplessly spectate on Saturday as 5 of its leaders jumped ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Among those that embraced the saffron fold was State Minister Rajib Banerjee, who solely lately resigned from the submit, and subsequently gave up on the first membership of the TMC. The induction of the mentioned leaders was mentioned to be held at a rally in Howrah which might be addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. However, a last-minute change of plans necessitated for the leaders to be flown to Delhi as an alternative.A minor blast outdoors the Israeli embassy on Friday received safety businesses and the MHA proper up on their toes, which is why on Saturday – the Union Home Minister held vital conferences to take inventory of the state of affairs. This pressured Shah to name off his Bengal go to. While the TMC might need thought that this could function a window of alternative for it to placate the disenchanted rebels, the Amit Shah was fast to ship a chartered flight to Bengal to choose up the 5 leaders and fly them to the nationwide capital. “Mr Amit Shah called me up and said he would like to handover the flag to me himself, so he is sending down a chartered plane to fly me to the capital,” mentioned Rajib Banerjee, former Forest Minister of West Bengal. The different 4 rebels which have been accompanied by Rajib Banerjee to Delhi have been Trinamool MLA from Bali, Baishali Dalmiya, Uttarpara MLA Prabir Ghoshal, Howrah mayor Rathin Chakraborty, and former MLA and five-term civic chief of Ranaghat Partha Sarathi Chatterjee.Former TMC leaders Mr. Rajib Banerjee, Ms. Baishali Dalmiya, Mr. Prabir Ghoshal, Mr. Rathin Chakraborti and Mr. Rudranil Ghosh joined BJP right now in New Delhi. I’m positive their induction will additional strengthen BJP’s struggle for Sonar Bangla. pic.twitter.com/twXrHXWCbY— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) January 30, 2021Rajib Banerjee had skipped 5 consecutive conferences of the Mamata cabinet and greater than a dozen social gathering programmes since September final yr when he began voicing his dissent in opposition to a bit of the management in Howrah. After Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari and Minister of State for Sports Laxmi Ratan Shukla’s resignation from TMC, Rajib is the third high-profile minister to sever ties with Mamata Banerjee.Read extra: Second spherical of TMC EXIT has formally begun with the resignation of TMC minister Rajib BanerjeeSources recommend that as a result of super site visitors of TMC leaders queuing as much as be part of the BJP, the saffron social gathering has frozen its induction programme briefly. This in itself speaks volumes concerning the ballot prospects of the TMC. If social gathering insiders from the TMC are themselves lining as much as be part of the BJP to an extent that the latter is pressured to cease the induction course of momentarily as a result of a saturation of types being reached inside its ranks, it’s indicative of the truth that Mamata Banerjee doesn’t stand an opportunity within the upcoming elections.