After the resounding victory of Trinamool congress in West Bengal Assembly Election, party turncoats who had jumped boat into BJP are lining up to return to TMC. In adda circles in and around Kolkata, and other major cities and towns, these turncoats have turned into punch-lines of jokes. The turncoats with no political profile are making a beeline to return to TMC-fold.

TMC will hold a closed-door meeting today where poll analyst Prashant Kishor is likely to be present. The 2024 general election is expected to be among the key points of agenda for discussion in the meeting.

The urge of the fence-seating turncoats to return to TMC is being discussed as an episode of ghar-wapasi. According to various reports, as many as 33 BJP MLAs who had shifted to the saffron camp prior to elections, now want to go back to the ruling party-Trinamool Congress. Out of these, 13 were given tickets by the party. These 33 MLAs are reportedly in touch with TMC. Additionally, BJP National Vice President Mukul Roy’s son Subhranshu also wants to join Trinamool.

That BJP has lost its game in the state is proved to a large extent by the 25 party offices in Kolkata which have locks hanging on their doors.

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BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya has denied the talks of ghar-wapasi and called it hearsay. But, party workers across the state, especially in and around Kolkata have confirmed that around 33 leaders who had shifted to BJP are indeed trying desperately to get back into TMC. A TMC party worker in a town near Kolkata stated that the leaders who had shifted to BJP have jeopardized their political future by siding with BJP. The party worker further added that these leaders would need to wait as TMC is improving its game by all means.

Mamata & TMC not in a hurry- party asked the turncoats to wait

Many turncoats want to return to TMC-fold at all cost, while they stand on political oblivion. But, the party does not want to hurry in the matter of re-inducting BJP MLAs. The party is using the series of pre-election defections as a lesson to be learnt.  TMC MP (RS) Shukhendu Shekhar Roy said that the party will discuss during a meeting at the party office the issue of former party-leaders willing to return. This crucial meeting will be held on June 05, Saturday at 3 pm.

SS Roy stated that the defectors will have to answer many questions before they can be re-inducted. He asserted that tough questions like why did they leave and why do they want to return, will be asked. The meeting will try to dissect out whether this is a conspiracy by the BJP.

Only after getting satisfactory answers to all such questions will the party decide whether to include anyone or not.

Sarla Murmu, Sonali Guha & Deependu Biswas expressed wishes to rejoin TMC

Sarla Murmu, Sonali Guha and footballer-turned-politician Deependu Biswas have made it clear that they want to join TMC again. Out of them, Sarla Murmu was given ticket by TMC from Habibpur, yet she left the party.

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Likewise, MLA Sonali Guha is also waiting for gharwapasi into TMC. In a letter to the West Bengal CM, she stated, “Just as a fish cannot live out of water, in the same way I will not be able to live without you, didi.”

Similarly, Deependu Vishwas has also written a letter to Mamata Banerjee expressing his desire to join TMC.

A day before TMC’s key strategy meeting in Kolkata on Saturday, senior party leaders said that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee may give more organizational responsibility to her nephew and the party’s youth wing president Abhishek Banerjee. In the party, the young Lok Sabha MP is seen as the chief minister’s political heir.

This is Trinamool’s first big meeting after the assembly polls in which the party bagged 213 seats against 77 won by BJP.

Apart from leaders wanting to return into TMC, the ruling party in West Bengal is in national limelight due to another reason- the tug of war between the centre and state over the civil servant Mr. Alapan Bandopadhyay.