West Bengal BJP struggles to keep its flock together
The Hindu
It’s catch-22 for the party as it encouraged large-scale defections before Assembly elections
The show of strength the West Bengal BJP planned on Monday to highlight the post-poll violence turned a major embarrassment as one third of the MLAs did not turn up for the meeting with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. The party won 77 seats but two of the legislators, who are Lok Sabha MPs, did not take oath as MLAs. The defection of party vice-president last week has already resulted in speculation of more MLAs and leaders following suit. The Trinamool leadership was quick to point out at the “missing MLAs”. “All the MLAs did not go and meet the Governor. Why did the 24 MLAs not go. The BJP should investigate this,” TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said.More Related News
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