Two weeks after Suvendhu Adhikari, former Cabinet minister in the Mamata Banerjee government, defected to the BJP along with several TMC MLAs and one of its MPs, his brother Soumendu also looks set to jump ship – allegedly along with 5,000 Trinamool party workers.
Speaking at a public meeting at Purba Medinipur on Friday, 1 January, the Foundation Day of his former party, Suvendu Adhikari claimed that his brother would join the BJP along with some councillors and several thousand grassroots workers, news agency PTI reported.
“My younger brother Soumendu will join the BJP in Contai today. He will be accompanied by several councillors and 5,000 TMC grassroot workers. The TMC will steadily disintegrate.”Suvendu Adhikari, according to PTI