17 of 20 NCPI MPs to Join BJP, Says One of Them Months After Leaving TMC
Basunia said 17 dissident Trinamool Congress MPs may move toward the Bharatiya Janata Party, while others could back the ruling alliance from outside.
- On Monday, rebel Trinamool Congress leader Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia announced that 17 of the party's 20 dissident MPs plan to join the Bharatiya Janata Party in October, around the Durga Puja festival.
- Basunia stated that because more than two-thirds of the 20-member group are moving, the anti-defection law would not apply to them following their June merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India.
- Three MPs—Abu Taher Khan, Khalilur Rahaman, and Yusuf Pathan—will not formally join the Bharatiya Janata Party but will instead extend support to the National Democratic Alliance from outside, Basunia claimed.
- TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee previously petitioned the Lok Sabha Speaker to disqualify the dissidents, arguing the merger violated the 10th Schedule of the Constitution.
- Broader party instability persists in West Bengal, where nearly 60 of the TMC's 80 MLAs have rebelled against leadership, installing Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.
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Rebel Trinamool MP Basunia claims 17 of 20 NCPI MPs to join BJP; fellow rebels, ruling party deny
The BJP sought to distance itself from the claim, with its West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya saying the party would not take in anyone merely because they want to join it
Rebel TMC leader's big claim: 17 of 20 NCPI MPs to join BJP around Durga Puja
Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia said 17 NCPI-aligned dissident TMC MPs would join the BJP before or after Durga Puja. The claim was contested by fellow rebel MPs, rejected by the BJP, and remains tied up in disqualification proceedings.
17 rebel Trinamool MPs to join BJP before or after Durga Puja
Kolkata: Rebel TMC leader and Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia on Monday, September 14, claimed that 17 of the 20 MPs of the NCPI are set to join the BJP either before or after Durga Puja in October. Basunia told reporters that the 17 MPs had finalised plans to join the BJP together, … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to o…
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