Senior Trinamool Congress chief and MP Arjun Singh introduced on Thursday that he had give up the social gathering and can return to the BJP forward of the Lok Sabha polls.
Arjun Singh stated he would head to New Delhi on Thursday night time to hitch the BJP. He additionally asserted that “at least one top TMC leader” can be becoming a member of the saffron social gathering together with him.
The 61-year-old chief emphasised that his resolution was aimed toward stopping Barrackpore, his constituency, “from becoming another Sandeshkali”.
“My fight is for Sandeshkali. When the leader of the house, the Chief Minister, supports Sheikh Shahjahan, you know you can’t support them. My fight is to not let Barrackpore become Sandeshkali,” Singh told India Today TV.
He further alleged that Sheikh Shajahan owned extensive land and other properties in Naihati under the active patronage of Trinamool minister Partha Bhowmik.
The Trinamool Congress omitted sitting MP Arjun Singh from its candidate list for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
When asked whether his decision was due to the denial of the ticket, he responded, “I am not going to BJP for a ticket; I’ll marketing campaign for anybody the BJP nominates to contest from Barrackpore, be it me, my son, or anybody else”.
After Trinamool launched its candidate checklist on March 10, Singh brazenly expressed dissent, stating that the social gathering had humiliated him.
Singh, a former TMC chief, had resigned from his social gathering precisely 5 years in the past and joined the BJP on the eve of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Following his victory from Barrackpore on a BJP ticket, Singh switched again to the TMC in Might 2022 however retained his MP standing.