Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the unit secretary of the Trinamul Chhatra Parishad of a college in Burdwan town along with his 50 followers joined the BJP today.

Suraj Ghosh, the TMCP’s unit general secretary of the Burdwan Raj College was offered the lotus flag by the district BJP president Abhijit Ta this afternoon. Ghosh said, “Though I was given a designation of general secretary, but, like others, I was not allowed to work. Instead, I was told to sit idle, even though my involvement in certain matters was needed by the students.”

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Ta said: “Many youngsters like Suraj will join the party before the polling day.”