More than 50 TMC councillors join BJP, Vijayvargiya says it's the beginning

Three MLAs, one each from TMC, Congress and CPM, too have joined the BJP

In a major blow to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, 50-60 councillors and at least one member of legislative Assembly (MLA) of her party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the latter’s headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday. Besides, one MLA each of the Congress party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) also crossed over to the BJP.

Saying this was just the beginning, Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP’s in-charge for West Bengal, clarified this exercise of switching sides en masse was no horse trading but a change of heart among councilors and MLAs from