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Kolkata:
A Congress legislator alongside together with his supporters joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday.
Baduria MLA Qazi Abdur Rahim joined the ruling social gathering in West Bengal at its headquarters within the presence of senior ministers Firhad Hakim and Partha Chatterjee.
“I have realised that Didi (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) is the only hope in the fight against the BJP. So, I am joining the TMC to strengthen her hand,” Mr Rahim stated.
Senior Congress chief Manoj Chakraborty stated the induction of opposition Congress and CPI(M) MLAs into the TMC displays the ruling social gathering’s intention to “weaken secular forces” within the state.
The Congress had gained 44 seats within the 2016 meeting elections however 18 of its MLAs have converted to the ruling TMC since then.
However, barring former Sabang legislator Manas Bhunia, who later grew to become a Rajya Sabha MP, not one of the Congress turncoats have resigned from their MLA posts.
Besides Rahim, former BJP Mahila Morcha vice chairman Moumita Basu Chakraborty and a few retired bureaucrats additionally joined the TMC.
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