The rebel leader of the Trinamool Congress (AITMC), Suvendu Adhikari, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday in the presence of trade union minister Amit Shah at a rally in Midnapore. Adhikari left the Trinamool Congress claiming that the party has become corrupt and that there is “extremely deep rot” within the party.
BJP Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh, leader Mukul Roy and senior leader Kailash Vijayvargiya were also present at the ceremony with union minister Amit Shah. Shah is on a two-day visit to Bengal to take stock of the BJP’s preparations ahead of the 2021 legislative assembly elections.
Adhikari, after joining the ceremony, said that if the same government that governs Delhi does not govern Bengal, it will hurt the economic prospects of the state.
Adhikari said: “If the same government that rules in the Center does not rule West Bengal, it will hurt the state’s chances of development and economic prosperity.”
Adhikari also questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party and reminded her that she was a partner in the NDA-led government when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was Prime Minister.
He also recalled that the Uttar Pradesh Minister of Health Siddharth Nath Sinha introduced him to Amit Shah in 2014 in Delhi. He also noted that despite meeting several BJP leaders, not a single one asked him to change sides.
Adhikari also said: “When I got sick from Covid-19, the party (TMC) that I worked for for 21 years didn’t feel the need to ask me how I was doing. Only Amit Shah felt the need to ask about my health. “
The TMC rebel leader cited that anyone who dares to oppose the hierarchy in Trinamool faces the ire of the prime minister. He said that people like Mukul Roy, Dilip Ghosh and Arjun Singh have been detained in bogus cases because they dared to speak out against Banerjee.
Adhikari also said that Banerjee will not be able to defeat the BJP using the police as his tool and that in the next elections BJP will replace the Trinamool Congress to form a government in West Bengal.
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