Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kolkata on Thursday. They were formally inducted into the party in the presence of West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya.
Bhattacharya welcomed the three leaders by handing them BJP flags during an event held at the party’s Salt Lake office, which was attended by several senior state leaders.