: West Bengal: BJP issues legal notices to two MLAs who defected to Trinamool Congress #IndiaNEWS The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said that it has issued legal notices

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West Bengal: BJP issues legal notices to two MLAs who defected to Trinamool Congress #IndiaNEWS
The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said that it has issued legal notices to two of its MLAs, Tanmoy Ghosh and Biswajit Das, who defected to the ruling Trinamool Congress, reported The Hindu. Ghosh had joined the Trinamool Congress on Monday, while Das switched to the Mamata Banerjee-led party a day after that. Another leader, Mukul Roy, had rejoined the Trinamool Congress on June 11.Ahead of the Assembly elections in the state between March to April, a spate of Trinamool Congress leaders had defected to the BJP. Banerjee’s former close aide Suvendu Adhikari, who is currently the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, was the first one to switch sides.Despite this, the Trinamool Congress won 213 of the 294 seats in the state Assembly elections. The BJP had managed to win only 77 constituencies.After Das’ exit on Tuesday, the BJP’s strength in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly dropped to 72. However, none of the three leaders who quit the BJP have resigned as MLAs.The BJP had sought Roy’s disqualification from the Assembly after he moved to the Trinamool Congress.On Wednesday, Adhikari said that the BJP would use the anti-defection law like it did in the case of Roy, reported The Indian Express. “Even after winning 213 seats, the Trinamool needs more MLAs,� he said.Adhikari said that more...Read more

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