150 BJP workers ‘sanitised’ before joining TMC in Birbhum

District BJP president Dhruba Saha, however, claimed workers of his party were "coerced" into joining the TMC.

Suri: Nearly 150 BJP workers crossed over to the TMC on Thursday in Bengal's Birbhum district after local leaders of the ruling party sprayed sanitisers on them. A dais was erected in the Ilambazar area, where the saffron camp workers were "sanitised", following which local leaders handed them the TMC flag, said Dulal Roy, a block-level member of the Mamata Banerjee-led party. "Those working for the BJP were virus-infected... Before taking them back, we had to ensure they were sanitised as we aim to get rid of the virus," he added.