Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:32pm on 14 Sep 2026,Monday Politics
Rebel TMC MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia claimed 17 of the 20 NCPI MPs will join the BJP before or after Durga Puja. He said the group has finalised the plan and would avoid the anti-defection law by crossing the two-thirds mark. Basunia also claimed three MPs would support the NDA from outside. However, fellow NCPI MPs rejected his claims. Satabdi Roy said no such decision had been taken. Abu Taher Khan said the three MPs would not join either the BJP or NDA. The BJP also distanced itself from the claim and said it had no information about such a move.
