GG News Bureau
Kolkata, 8th Feb. Veteran BJP leader Tathagata Roy criticized the state leadership for failing to stop the exodus and referred to the party as being led by a “bunch of traitors” the day after MLA Suman Kanjilal switched over to the TMC.
Suman Kanjilal, a BJP MLA from the Alipurduar district, formally joined the TMC on Sunday in the presence of Abhishek Banerjee, the national general secretary of the ruling party.
“This will be the result if rotten elements are inducted into the party. There has been no serious course correction within the party despite the debacle in the 2021 assembly polls. The party can’t rely on those who have come from the TMC or CPI(M) to fight against the ruling camp,” Tathagata Roy said while speaking to a news channel.
The BJP state leadership did not place much weight on Tathagata Roy’s remark.
“Tathagata Roy was once our state president. But he no longer holds any portfolio in the party. He may have made the remark as a political observer. We have nothing to say regarding it,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said.
The BJP won 77 seats in the 2021 elections, but lost two more in subsequent by-elections, bringing its official tally to 75.
Since former Union minister Babul Supriyo, party MP Arjun Singh, and six legislators, including national vice president Mukul Roy, switched to the TMC after the assembly elections, the party’s state unit has been fighting hard to keep its flock together.
When asked about the saffron camp squabble, TMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said the Bengal BJP would cease to exist in a few years.
“BJP never had any future in West Bengal. You can’t win a battle using hired soldiers,” he said.
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