Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath, others join BJP in Tripura
Ratan Lal Nath, Congress legislator in Tripura, accompanied by a large number of party leaders and workers on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reducing the Congress’ strength in the assembly from the original 10 to only 2.
After months of hobnobbing, Nath, former Opposition Leader of Tripura assembly, joined the BJP in the presence of the party’s General Secretary Ram Madhav, Assam Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Parimal Sukla Baidya, Tripura BJP President Biplab Kumar Deb and a host of party leaders.
On August 7, six axed Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs, led by Sudip Roy Barman joined the BJP. The six legislators quit the Congress and joined the TMC in June last year, protesting against the party’s alliance with the Left parties before the West Bengal assembly polls.
The six MLAs were recognised as BJP party legislators in the Tripura assembly by Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debnath on December 8.
Another Congress MLA Jitendra Sarkar, after resigning from the assembly, joined the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) earlier this year. Sarkar also recently joined the BJP.
Addressing the gathering, Ram Madhav said the BJP would oust the ruling CPI-M led Left Front in February’s assembly elections.
“After the joining of a large number of leaders and workers from Congress, CPI-M and other parties in the last one year, the BJP for the first time in the history of Tripura raised a ‘Battle Cry’ to turn Tripura as the 20th BJP and alliance party ruled state in India,” Ram Madhav said.
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