KOLKATA: State minister Firhad Hakim on Thursday said a “big leader from BJP” was set to join TMC in a few days and claimed that the saffron party will disintegrate in the state.
“In the coming days, a big BJP leader will join TMC. BJP can’t even imagine who this leader is. MLAs are already joining, and more will come.”
Hakim, who was on the campaign trail for CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, said Trinamool Congress was not inducing BJP leaders indiscriminately into its fold. Prodded further, he said, "This leader was never with Trinamool."
BJP spokesman Samik Bhattacharya said: “TMC should think about ethics and ideology before trying to poach BJP leaders. Those not interested in power and position but love BJP will not leave,: he asserted. tnn
