Shatrughan Sinha likely to quit Congress and join Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress: Sources

A section of the Trinamool Congress leaders said in Kolkata that talks are in an advanced stage in this regard. The TMC leaders said the actor-politician always had a good relation with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha is likely to crossover to Mamata Banerjee's side and join her party Trinamool Congress in coming days, sources said. According to sources, Sinha has been more inclined towards the Trinamool Congress, ever since it humbled the saffron party in the recently held general assembly election in West Bengal and its supremo Mamata Banerjee emerged as a potent rival of Prime Minister Modi in 2024 general election. "There is a chance of Shatrughan Sinha switching over to the Trinamool on its July 21 Martyrs' day celebration function," said sources.  Recently, when Sinha was questioned by PTI about his chance of joining the Trinamool Congress, he had refused to make a direct comment, saying, "Politics is an art of possibility." Sources close to him, however, did not deny the chance.