Big leader from BJP will join TMC in a few days: Firhad Hakim
The Hindu
Mr. Hakim said the party is not inducting BJP leaders indiscriminately into its fold.
Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim on Thursday said a “big leader from the BJP” is set to join the TMC in a few days and claimed that the saffron party will disintegrate in the State.
Mr. Hakim, who is on the campaign trail for TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the September 30 Bhabanipur by-poll, said the party is not inducting BJP leaders indiscriminately into its fold.
Trinamool Congress is checking the antecedents, track record and image of each BJP leader who has made overtures to TMC leaders and is deciding on his/her appeal after due deliberation, Mr. Hakim, who is also a senior Minister in Ms. Banerjee’s Cabinet, said.
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