In what will be a blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Dibyendu Adhikari, an MP and younger brother of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, is likely to join the BJP in Delhi on Friday, sources said.
Four leaders from Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and one from Congress joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday in the presence of party's General Secretary Tarun Chugh in New Delhi.
Ahead of Lok Sabha election, Several Congress leaders including former ministers Rajendra Yadav and Lal Chand Kataria joined the BJP in the presence of Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, Rajasthan Deputy CM Diya Kumari and Rajasthan BJP President CP Joshi.
"The party will decide whether there will be candidates in the Lok Sabha or not. The ruling party of the state has inspired me to enter politics," Gangopadhyay said.
Sitting MLA of Jayadev Assembly seat in Odisha Arabinda Dhali resigned from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday, ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha.
"Those who want to join BJP, please leave fast...If they delay, we get confused...Those who want to leave (Congress) may be under some compulsion of their own. There is harassment from the Income Tax, CBI, ED. What can we do, if someone is wants to go. It is not right to stop people forceful
Two Congress MLAs Murari Prasad Gautam and Siddharth Saurav, and one MLA from Rashtriya Janata Dal Sangita Kumari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.
In a setback to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik before the elections, former minister and a close associate of CM and one of the founder members of the party, Debasis Nayak and Congress legislator Nihar Mahananda joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday.
Speaking to ANI, BJP leader Ashok Chavan said, "Today we talked to BJP leaders and officials regarding the Lok Sabha elections, the conversation was good. Together we will make BJP win in Nanded. There is no doubt in it. 55 former Congress MLAs met me today and expressed their intention o