A day after Mukul Roy joined Trinamool Congress leaving BJP, former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee, who had moved to the saffron social gathering solely months earlier than the meeting elections, met TMC chief Kunal Ghosh on Saturday fuelling speculations of his return to the outdated social gathering. Banerjee, who unsuccessfully fought the elections on BJP ticket from Domjur, went to state TMC basic secretary Kunal Ghosh residence within the northern a part of the town the place the 2 had lengthy assembly which later each described as a “courtesy name”.
“Please don’t attempt to look into this as one thing completely different. I had come to see one in all my kinfolk who’s staying in the identical locality of Kunalda’s. That is nothing however a courtesy name. There was no political speak between us,” Banerjee instructed reporters whereas popping out of Ghosh’s house.
Ghosh additionally echoed related views. Although the 2 mentioned that not a lot must be learn into the assembly, speculations are rife that many TMC leaders who had crossed over to the saffron social gathering earlier than meeting polls are ready for a chance to return to the guardian social gathering.
Speaking to reporters after Muku Roy’s homecoming, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had mentioned Friday, “we’ll take into account the case of those that had left the TMC with Mukul for BJP and need to come again.” It signalled that this won’t be a lone case of defection from the BJP’s Bengal unit. Nevertheless, Banerjee had clarified that TMC politicians and employees who left to hitch the BJP simply forward of the April-Might meeting elections is not going to be taken again.
When requested about his present place, Rajib Banerjee mentioned, he has some reservations concerning the saffron social gathering’s ideas. “I undoubtedly have reservations in regards to the ideas of the social gathering (BJP) and I’ve let my social gathering leaders learn about it… However right now’s assembly with Kunalda has no reference to that,” he added.
By the way, Banerjee earlier this week had warned members of his new social gathering over a social media publish that “folks is not going to take kindly to threats of Presidents rule in opposition to a authorities elected with an enormous mandate”. The automobile through which Banerjee travelled to Ghosh’s residence had a number of stickers and ‘uttorio’ (scarf) of the TMC.
After quitting the TMC in January, Banerjee had claimed that he was compelled to take action as a piece of social gathering leaders “humiliated him for airing his grievances over their model of functioning”. Banerjee had served as minister within the TMC authorities each in 2011 and 2016.
A number of former TMC MLAs together with Dipendu Biswas and Sonali Guha have within the current previous despatched letters regretting their determination to hitch the BJP and sought to return again to the partys fold. Guha, who at one time was thought-about near Banerjee, made an impassioned plea on digital camera looking for the chief ministers forgiveness.
Guha, a four-time legislator from Satgachia in South 24 Parganas, had additionally written in a letter “the way in which fish can not keep out of water, I will be unable to stay with out you, Didi”.
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