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Alipurduar's BJP chief join Trinamool with 7 others

KOLKATA: Alipurduar district Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ganga Prasad Sharma along with seven other party leaders from the region today joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the presence of party leaders Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Mukul Roy in Kolkata.

Sharma said that the recent demand by "our local MP for a union territory status for north Bengal" has further pushed him to take the decision of moving to the TMC.

Coming down heavily on local MP John Barla, who has recently sought a separate union territory comprising north Bengal districts, said that Barla has done nothing constructive for the region, but is 'fanning the flames of division.'

Sharma alleged that the BJP has ignored the sentiments of grassroots workers while choosing candidates for the assembly. "The workers felt neglected but still gave their best to the organisation and ensured that five saffron camp candidates from Alipurduar district get to win the assembly elections. Now, however, I intend to work for people under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee," he added.

Addressing the media Mukul Roy who was the BJP's national vice president until recently, said that the BJP's rise in the state began with the 2019 Lok Sabha polls when it managed to bag several seats in north Bengal, and its downfall, too, will start from the region.

"This is just a glimpse of what lies ahead, the BJP's fall in the state is imminent," Roy said.

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