Huge Jolt for BJP

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 07:20 PM

Huge Jolt for BJP

Kolkata, July 21: Here is the big blow for the Bharatiya Janata party, as Former Rajya Sabha MP Chandan Mitra has joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

From this aspect, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee made the announcement on Saturday while addressing the Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata.

Along with him, four other Congress MLAs also joins in TMC. Today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken a mega rally in Kolkata. Chandan Mitra, Congress MLAs Samara Mukherjee, Abu Tahar, Sabina Yasmin and Akhruzmann joined the TMC in the presence of Mamata in the rally.It is known that, Chandan Mitra came out of the BJP a few days back.

Chandan is close friends with senior BJP leader LK Advani. In 2003, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. He was later elected to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh for the BJP in 2010. Chandan is unhappy that he has not got the right place in BJP for a long time. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Chandan Bhupathi was contested from West Bengal's Hooghly seat.

Chandran started his career as a journalist. He is currently working as an editor for Pioneer magazine in Delhi.