On Saturday, Babul Supriyo, a former Union Minister in the Environment Ministry joined Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC), in presence of the party's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O Brien and TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. He took this step a month after he bided ‘Alvida’ to politics.
Supriyo is the fifth BJP leader to join Trinamool Congress after Banerjee's party won the assembly election in May and retained power.
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The reports were confirmed by the official Twitter handle of the party, the tweet read, “Today, in the presence of National General Secretary @abhishekaitc and RS MP @derekobrienmp, former Union Minister and sitting MP @SuPriyoBabul joined the Trinamool family. We take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to him!”
While saying bye to politics and BJP he said, “Alvida I am not going to any other party - TMC, Congress, CPIM, nowhere. I am confirming that nobody has called. I am going nowhere. I am a one-team player! Have always supported one team #MohunBagan - have been with only one party- BJP West Bengal. That’s it!!”