Samik Bhattacharya
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West Bengal BJP shuts doors on TMC rebels, vows to prevent 'Trinamoolisation'
NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday firmly rejected speculation over the induction of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders into the BJP, asserting that the party would not admit "tainted" individuals and that "trinamoolisation of BJP would never happen." Emphasising that the BJP's rise in West Bengal had been driven by grassroots workers rather than political defections, Bhattacharya said there was no question of accommodating those who had resigned from the...
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