BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said his disgruntled brother and TMC leader Soumendu—recently removed from the post of administrator at Contai Municipality—will join the saffron camp along with a host of other activists from the state's ruling party.
Asserting that the TMC, of which he was a part till about a month ago, will disintegrate soon, Suvendu Adhikari, during a meeting in Purba Medinipur, claimed that Soumendu, together with a few councillors and 5,000 TMC workers, will switch over to the saffron party later in the day.
"My younger brother, Soumendu, will join the BJP in Contai today. He will be accompanied by several councillors and 5,000 TMC grassroots workers. The TMC will steadily disintegrate," Suvendu Adhikari said on the occasion of the TMC's foundation day.
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Soumendu had on Thursday said the lotus will bloom in every home, hinting that he would join the saffron party, following in his brother's footsteps.
The Adhikari household has two other members in the TMC camp—Suvendu's father, Sisir, and their brother, Debyendu, both of whom are Lok Sabha MPs. Sources told THE WEEK that the entire Adhikari family will join the BJP.
