BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday announced his disgruntled brother and TMC leader Soumendu who was recently removed from the post of administrator at Contai Municipality, will join the saffron camp along with a number of other activists from the state's ruling party.

"Lotus will bloom in every household. Wait a bit," said Mr. Soumendu Adhikari who also filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging his removal from his post in the civic body. "Remember, we worship Maa Durga with 108 lotuses," Mr. Soumendu told reporters at Contai.

Asserting that the TMC, of which he was a part till about a month ago, will disintegrate soon, Adhikari, during a meeting here in Purba Medinipur, claimed that Soumendu, together with a few councilors and 5,000 TMC workers, will switch over to the saffron party later in the day.

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