India
BJP MP Arjun Singh rejoins Trinamool Congress
On Sunday, Arjun Singh, a BJP MP in West Bengal, returned to the Trinamool Congress, ending weeks of speculation about whether he would join the Trinamool.
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee welcomed Singh to the party at his office in Kolkata.
“Welcoming Shri @ArjunsinghWB, the Barrackpore MP and former vice president of the @BJP4Bengal, to the All India Trinamool Congress family.
The TMC’s official Twitter account announced that he had arrived “in the presence of our national general secretary Shri @abhishekaitc.”
Extending a warm welcome to Shri @ArjunsinghWB, who rejected the divisive forces at @BJP4India and joined the @AITCofficial family today.
People across the nation are suffering and they need us now more than ever. Let’s keep the fight alive! pic.twitter.com/N6s5FggBtx
— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) May 22, 2022
A prominent Hindi-speaking leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Singh, joined the saffron camp just before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and won the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat.
