Bengal Politics
Amit Shah's mega Bengal rally to witness mass exodus from Trinamool Congress
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's mega rally in West Bengal's Medinipur is all set to witness a mass exodus from the chunk of Trinamool Congress MPs and MLAs, giving the saffron party a shot in the arm ahead of the assembly polls.
As per media reports, at least 9 MPs and MLAs, including a few from the Left and Congress, are likely to join the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in Shah's presence.
The joining in the party is significant as the ruling Trinamool is already rattled by the mass exodus with at least four of its leaders leaving West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's outfit.
The Trinamool suffered a body blow earlier this week after it was deserted by Medinipur strong man Suvendu Adhikari fuelling speculations over his political position.
Shah, who landed in the city late last night, visited Swami Vivekananda's ancestral house in north Kolkata, visited a temple in Medinipur and ate lunch at a house of a villager.
The former BJP president was accompanied by the party's state president Dilip Ghosh, other leaders like Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy.
However, the Trinamool has maintained the party won't be affected by "one or two people" who are leaving the outfit.
Though Pandaveswar MLA Jitendra Tiwari had left the Trinamool on Thursday, the leader after meeting party supremo Mamata Banerjee a day ago said he would be back in the partyfold.
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