West Bengal: third BJP MLA rejoins TMC

BJP got a big jolt in West Bengal on Tuesday when the party's third MLA re-joined the TMC. BJP MLA Biswajit Das today switched to the ruling Trinamool Congress in Bengal, becoming the third lawmaker to return since Mamata Banerjee's big victory in the April-May state polls.He was elected from Bagda assembly constituency, Tanmay Ghosh, another MLA who had moved to the BJP and won, returned to the Trinamool on Monday.

Biswajit Das, who was earlier with Trinamool Congress, had joined the BJP in June 2019. He had won twice from Bongaon North assembly constituency on Trinamool Congess ticket in 2011 and 2016 assembly election.With the exit of the three MLAs, the strength of the BJP in the 294-seat Bengal assembly came down to 72. The biggest homecoming was that of Mukul Roy, the BJP's first import in Bengal, who returned to the Trinamool in June after four years.