Three Former TMC Rajya Sabha Members Join BJP at Kolkata Event

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Three Former TMC Rajya Sabha Members Join BJP at Kolkata Event

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Times of Indiagrowing internal rebellion

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Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the BJP at its Salt Lake office in Kolkata, with West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya present. The leaders had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and quit the TMC in the preceding month and are set to contest the July 24 bypolls for those seats. Reports from Times of India and Hindustan Times confirm the event and basic details of the switch.

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[Times of India 👤] Hours after joining BJP, ex-TMC leaders named Rajya Sabha bypoll candidates [Hindustan Times 👤] All three TMC leaders who resigned from Rajya Sabha in June join BJP

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“Hours after joining BJP, ex-TMC leaders named Rajya Sabha bypoll candidates”

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How different viewpoints frame this

Progressive

The episode shows transactional politics in which defectors receive immediate nominations, weakening opposition cohesion in West Bengal.

“Selective inclusion and anti-incumbency rhetoric used to expand BJP reach”

Conservative

The induction reflects BJP expansion by attracting leaders critical of prolonged Left and TMC governance failures.

“Accountability and corrective recruitment over regional patronage networks”

Libertarian

Party switches illustrate elite actors prioritizing institutional power retention over consistent principles.

“Skepticism toward centralized machines and rent-seeking continuity”

Devil's Advocate

All views overlook that resignations preceded the bypolls and that Rajya Sabha seats are filled by MLAs, not direct BJP rewards.

“Institutional timing, assembly arithmetic, and selective gatekeeping language common to all parties”

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