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."