Kolkata, July 10. The three Rajya Sabha MPs who resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal – Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Badaik – were declared its candidates by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday night. These three leaders had taken membership of the party this evening itself in the presence of BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya. These three veterans had resigned from the membership of Rajya Sabha before joining BJP.
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party has given its approval to the following names for the Rajya Sabha by-election 2026 to be held in West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/dTm6enYFjt
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It is noteworthy that three Rajya Sabha seats had become vacant after Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Badaik left TMC. Now these three leaders are once again contesting the elections as candidates.
Sukhendu Roy attacks Mamata Banerjee
Meanwhile, after taking membership of BJP, former Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Roy launched a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee and the TMC government. He said, ‘As our President noted regarding this election, rarely in any Indian state has there been 96-97 percent voting. She (Mamata Banerjee) is finished now. His party’s game is now completely over, so it is absolutely useless to discuss it further.
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Sukhendu Shekhar directly blamed the attitude of the state government for the backwardness of Bengal. He said, ‘In other states, the ruling and opposition parties usually approach the central government together for development, progress or to implement a particular agenda. But here our entire focus remained on opposing the Center through bandhs, strikes and processions.
‘three generations wasted, we were just busy stealing‘
Making serious allegations of corruption against the then Mamata government, Sukhendu said, ‘Because of this politics, three generations of Bengal were completely ruined. Whoever got the opportunity left the state and ran away. When most of the states of India were moving forward on the vision and roadmap of developed India prepared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we here were busy only in theft.
Three former MPs who left TMC joined BJP, resigned from Rajya Sabha after assembly elections
He further said, ‘We were saving robbers and rapists. Naturally, such a system was bound to collapse one day. Now Bengal is completely free from this atmosphere of fear. Under the leadership of Shubhendu Adhikari ji, work has started at a very fast pace as per the promises of the party’s manifesto.
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