Patriarch of Nandigram’s Adhikari family & a three-time Contai-MP, Sisir Adhikari confirmed the rumours of his joining BJP, ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s rally in Egra. He formally joined BJP at the Egra rally in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Sisir said that he was made to switch camps by TMC led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, against which now he will put up a staunch fight in the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal to “save the honour of Midnapore”.

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 The Adhikari family, which wields considerable influence in Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, could play its part in helping BJP gain a rise in voteshare. Sisir’s son’s Suvendhu already joined the BJP in December last year.

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Before leaving for Egra, Sisir had said, “They (TMC leaders) forced me to join the BJP. Let them (TMC) do what they want, and I will do what I can.”

The TMC MP had accused the ruling party of “humiliating” him and his son Suvendu, who is locked in a fierce battle with Banerjee in the district’s Nandigram constituency.

Schedule for the upcoming elections in India (four states and a UT) was announced on February, 26, 2021. In West Bengal, the election will be held in 8 phases from March 27 to April 29 and the vote counting will take place on May, 02, 2021.