Former Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee president and incumbent MLA Birajit Sinha is reportedly waiting for the right moment to quit Congress after allegedly sending his supporters to the saffron party. The dissident leader has not been actively involved in Congress programmes for months after he was replaced by Asish Kumar Saha, a close aide of former Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman, last year.
Mr. Sinha is not publicly critical of the Saha-Barman duo, but is allegedly engineering defections in the state Congress. Scores of leaders and workers from PCC(I), Youth Congress, and NSUI joined the BJP over the past week.
Those who switched sides, including former State General Secretary Jaidul Hussain and Samrat Roy, joined the BJP known as supporters of Birajit Sinha, who represents Kailashahar in north Tripura as an MLA for the 6th term. After joining, the turncoats lashed out at Sudip Roy Bartender and Asish Kumar Saha, holding them responsible for the erosion of the party.
