Bharatiya Janta Party leader Rajib Banerjee met Trinamool Congress state triggering speculation. He was a former West Bengal minister who met the general secretary Kunal Ghosh on Saturday. The speculation of return to his old party TMC has created a political drama.

After Mukul Roy meet with old party, he came up with a decision of quiting BJP. Now, Ghosh claims that it was a 'courtesy meeting’ and nothing related to switching party. Rajib Banerjee, who switched over to BJP before Bengal assembly elections and had unsuccessfully contested for polls on a BJP ticket from Domjur seat. Banerjee who went to Ghosh's residence in the northern part of Kolkata where the two had a meeting for more than 1.5 hours has now become a turmoil situation. The development comes a day after BJP national vice president Mukul Roy returned to TMC in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The absence of Rajib Banerjee at the recent meeting of the party’s West Bengal unit triggered speculations. He even wrote a over a social media post saying "people will not take kindly to threats of Presidents rule against a government elected with a huge mandate". Leaders Mukul Roy and Shamik Bhattacharya were the other two leaders missing from the estate BJP meet.

Talking about Rajib Banerjee, he had resigned from the All India Trinamool Congress in January claiming that he was forced to do so as a section of party leaders "humiliated him for airing his grievances over their style of functioning". He had served as minister in the TMC government both in 2011 and 2016. Meanwhile on Friday, after Mukul's return to TMC, CM Mamata said that more people will come out of the BJP and join her party in the days to come.

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