'Intend to work with PM Modi': Ex-TMC leader Kakoli announces NDA entry with 20 MPs
Former Trinamool Congress leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has announced that she and 20 other rebel MPs are joining the NDA alliance. The group, now operating as the NCPI, intends to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government during the upcoming Monsoon Session.
Why it matters
This realignment signals a significant shift in West Bengal's political landscape following the TMC's recent electoral defeat and internal instability.
NEW DELHI: Once a Mamata loyalist and now an NCPI leader after rebelling against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday announced that she would join the ruling NDA in the Lok Sabha ahead of Monsoon Session. She said 20 former TMC MPs, who have formed a separate parliamentary group under the NCPI, would also join the PM Modi-led alliance in the Lower House.She said the group intends to work with the NDA under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.The announcement marks a significant step in the Mamata rebels' realignment amid the continuing exodus from the TMC following its crushing defeat to the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections in May.Addressing the media, Kakoli said the group had decided to back the NDA and work under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah."We,…
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