Another TMC MLA joins BJP

NEW DELHI: In another blow for the Trinamool Congress, its MLA Monirul Islam Wednesday joined the BJP, the third legislator to desert the ruling party in West Bengal after the reverses in the Lok Sabha polls.nnTwo TMC legislators and over 50 councillors had joined the BJP on Tuesday.nn

TMC leaders join BJP in presence of Shri @KailashOnline and @MukulR_Official. https://t.co/5fU3oBqcnQ pic.twitter.com/FuX0Q4v6Gi

— BJP (@BJP4India) May 29, 2019

nnThe BJP projected the decision of TMC’s Muslim MLA to join the party as a vindication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwash” (together with all, development for all, trust of all).nnModi gave the slogan in his first address to MP’s of BJP-led NDA after the Lok Sabha poll results were declared. He had asked them to win over the trust of minorities with their work.nnSeveral other TMC workers also joined the saffron party here in the presence of BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Kailash Vijaywargiya.nnSource: Press Trust of India