West Bengal: Congress leader Sikha Mitra threatens to quit the party and join BJP

  • Legislative Assembly elections for 294 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held between 27 March to 29 April 2021 in 8 phases.
  • Meanwhile, the TMC, Congress, and the BJP are in a neck-to-neck competition, with BJP snatching TMC and Congress's leaders.
  • In a recent development, senior Congress leader Sikha Mitra had on Monday threatened to leave the party, which was a shocker for Congress.
  • Sikha Mitra accused est Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of sidelining her and her son Rohan Mitra.
  • After BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari met her on Monday, she said, "I want to speak to our party president Sonia Gandhi before taking any decision."
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