TMC leader Arjun Singh confirms rejoining BJP after being denied Lok Sabha ticket

Disgruntled Trinamool Congress leader Arjun Singh on Thursday said he would return to the Bharatiya Janata Party after he was denied a party ticket from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat which he represents.

 

Singh also claimed that a “top TMC leader” would join the saffron party along with him.

 

 

 

“When I joined the TMC in 2022, I was promised that I would be re-nominated as the TMC’s candidate from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat. But the party did not keep its promise and betrayed me. So, I have decided to return to the BJP,” he said.

 

The TMC, which announced its candidate list on Sunday, nominated state minister Partha Bhowmick from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat.