Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal's capital, Kolkata, on Thursday.
(ANI)The three leaders were inducted into the party in the presence of state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya.
Dev, Ray and Baraik had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and quit the Trinamool Congress last month following the party's defeat in the West Bengal assembly elections.
“The BJP high command will decide on Rajya Sabha seats.
I have joined the party not with the expectation of a Rajya Sabha berth, but as an outgoing MP from West Bengal,” Sushmita Dev said after joining the BJP.
Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal's capital, Kolkata, on Thursday. Samik Bhattacharya welcomed the former MPs by presenting them with BJP flags during a programme attended by senior state leaders at the party's Salt Lake office. (ANI)
The three leaders were inducted into the party in the presence of state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya.
Bhattacharya welcomed the former MPs by presenting them with BJP flags during a programme attended by senior state leaders at the party's Salt Lake office.
Dev, Ray and Baraik had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and quit the Trinamool Congress last month following the party's defeat in the West Bengal assembly elections. The terms of Roy and Baraik were due to run till September 2029, while Dev's tenure was to continue till April 2030.
The bypolls for the three seats are scheduled for July 24, with the BJP expected to win all three. The West Bengal ruling party has named the three former MPs as its candidates for the byelection.
“The BJP high command will decide on Rajya Sabha seats. I have joined the party not with the expectation of a Rajya Sabha berth, but as an outgoing MP from West Bengal,” Sushmita Dev said after joining the BJP.
