Disgruntled Trinamool Congress leader Arjun Singh on Thursday said he would return to the Bharatiya Janata Party after he was denied a party ticket from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat which he represents.
Singh also claimed that a “top TMC leader” would join the saffron party along with him.
“When I joined the TMC in 2022, I was promised that I would be re-nominated as the TMC’s candidate from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat. But the party did not keep its promise and betrayed me. So, I have decided to return to the BJP,” he said.
The TMC, which announced its candidate list on Sunday, nominated state minister Partha Bhowmick from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat.