Sonali Guha, 4-term Trinamool MLA, hints at joining BJP after a denied ticket from the party

Once an important wing-woman of Mamata Banerjee, Sonali Guha hinted at joining BJP after she was not given a ticket for the upcoming assembly poll in West Bengal. Guha, who has been representing the Satgachia seat for the past four terms broke down as soon as she got the news that her name was not on the list of candidates this year.

Guha was replaced by Mohan Chandra Naskar. However, she is not the only Trinamool MLA who is upset at not getting a ticket. Other Trinamool MLAs share the same feeling as many have been replaced – including senior leaders.

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Guha said she will speak to BJP national vice-president Mukul Roy and decide her future course of action.

“I wish to be given a honourable post, be acknowledged as a political personality,” Guha said without elaborating.

She said, “May God give Mamata didi good sense and counsel. I have been with her from the beginning. I have to think about my future moves. I cannot sit idle being a political person”.

Roy said apart from Guha many other Trinamool MLAs and leaders have contacted him since Friday evening after Banerjee announced the party’s candidates for 291 assembly seats in the state.

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Several TMC MLAs, an MP and a number of its leaders have already joined the saffron party.

Guha was seen in every movement and rally by Banerjee during her days in the opposition and after TMC came to power a decade ago. She was also a former deputy speaker of the state assembly.