Shah likely to visit city this month, set roadmap for polls
With the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections in sight, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun its preparations to strengthen its foothold in the state.
Dipak Haldar, Trinamool Congress legislator from Diamond Harbour in West Bengal’s South 24-Parganas district, resigned from the state’s ruling party on Monday.
Haldar resigned just a day ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) newly inducted leader Suvendu Adhikari’s mega rally in the district.
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He tendered his resignation to the Trinamool Congress’ state headquarters at Topsia by speed post.
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According to the sources, speculation is rife that he might join the BJP at a rally that is scheduled to be held at Baruipur on Tuesday
Haldar was known to be a close associate of rebel TMC leader and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chattopadhyay who also defected to BJP in Bengal. The two-time Trinamool lawmaker is from Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee’s Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency.
His resignation from the party is seen to be a significant move ahead of the forthcoming state Assembly polls as the BJP is trying to make a dent into Abhishek’s vote bank.
(With IANS inputs)
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