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Defections continue, yet another TMC MLA switches over to BJP

The trend of Trinamool Congress leaders switching over to the Bharatiya Janata Party continued as TMC MLA Manirul Islam, along with party leaders Gadadhar Hazra, Mohammad Asif Iqbal and Nimai Das, joined the saffron party.

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Published : May 29, 2019, 6:06 PM IST

Defections continue, yet another TMC MLA switches over to BJP

TMC MLA

New Delhi: In another blow for the Trinamool Congress, its MLA Monirul Islam on Wednesday joined the BJP, the third legislator to desert the ruling party in West Bengal after the reverses in the Lok Sabha polls.

Islam is the 3rd MLA to switch sides post the Lok Sabha results

Apart from Islam, who is the MLA from Labpur, three other TMC leaders - Gadadhar Hazra, Mohd Asif Iqbal and Nimai Das also joined the saffron party.

The development comes after two TMC legislators and over 50 councillors had joined the BJP on May 28.

The BJP projected the decision of TMC's Muslim MLA to join the party as a vindication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwash" (together with all, development for all, trust of all).

Modi gave the slogan in his first address to MP's of BJP-led NDA after the Lok Sabha poll results were declared. He had asked them to win over the trust of minorities with their work.

Several other TMC workers also joined the saffron party here in the presence of BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Kailash Vijaywargiya.

Read: 3 MLAs, over 50 councillors from West Bengal join BJP

New Delhi: In another blow for the Trinamool Congress, its MLA Monirul Islam on Wednesday joined the BJP, the third legislator to desert the ruling party in West Bengal after the reverses in the Lok Sabha polls.

Islam is the 3rd MLA to switch sides post the Lok Sabha results

Apart from Islam, who is the MLA from Labpur, three other TMC leaders - Gadadhar Hazra, Mohd Asif Iqbal and Nimai Das also joined the saffron party.

The development comes after two TMC legislators and over 50 councillors had joined the BJP on May 28.

The BJP projected the decision of TMC's Muslim MLA to join the party as a vindication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwash" (together with all, development for all, trust of all).

Modi gave the slogan in his first address to MP's of BJP-led NDA after the Lok Sabha poll results were declared. He had asked them to win over the trust of minorities with their work.

Several other TMC workers also joined the saffron party here in the presence of BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Kailash Vijaywargiya.

Read: 3 MLAs, over 50 councillors from West Bengal join BJP

Intro:Mamta Banerjee has expressed her inability to attend PM Modi's oath taking ceremony scheduled on the eve of 30th May. Citing the reason of media reports that family members of 54 BJP workers who were allegedly murdered due to political reasons have been invited to participate in the ceremony. in a statement released by the Trinmool party on social media posted a letter by Mamta Banerjee that said "I am seeing media reports that the BJP are claiming 54 people have been murdered in political violence in Bengal. These deaths may have occurred due to personal enmity, family quarrels and other disputes; nothing related to politics. There is no such record with us"
In the letter Mamta Banerjee later apologised and said that these reports compelled her not to attend the ceremony.

Body:Mamta Banerjee also tweeted "The ceremony is an august occasion to celebrate democracy, not one that should be devalued by any political party which uses it as an opportunity to score political points, Please excuse me".

ETV Bharat has learned that the families of 54 party workera from West Bengal have boarded Rajdhani Express from Hawrah and are enroute Delhi to attend the oath taking ceremony of prime minister Narendra Modi.

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