The BJP
senior leaders said on Tuesday that they has decided to end huge joinings from
the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal amid the rising discontent within the
saffron party over uncontrolled selections without enquiring.

The BJP
told, from now on, only selective people will be chosen to join the party that
too after enquiring with the local leadership, reported PTI.

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“In many cases, the
district leadership is not happy with the mass inductions. It has led to
infightings and the matter has not gone down well with the central
leadership,” a senior state BJP leader mentioned.

BJP national general
secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya also said, “We don’t want the BJP to turn
into the B-team of the TMC by inducting leaders who don’t have a clean image.
We don’t want people, facing allegations or are involved in immoral or illegal
activities, to join our party”.

“So henceforth, mass
joinings would not take place. From now on, the joinings would be very
selective and that too after scrutiny,” he added.

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The saffron party is
conducting a procedure for other political party’s leaders and cadres who want
to switch over. Although this procedure will only take place if they found out
whether the leaders have a clean image in public, said the state party leader, reported
PTI.

“Although the central
and state leaderships would take the final call regarding the joinings, but
those who wish to join also need to get a no-objection certificate from the
local or district leadership of the party,” he added.

Since the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections, the BJP has chosen 18 MLAs and an MP of the TMC, three MLAs each
from the CPI(M) and the Congress, and one MLA from the CPI.

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There are many former TMC
leaders who are being investigated for corruption have shifted to the BJP in
the past few years.

However, responding to the
BJP’s move, the TMC told that the BJP’s decision shows
that it has lost the plot in Bengal, reported PTI.

“The BJP neither has leaders nor has a face in
Bengal. So, it was poaching leaders from other parties,” TMC spokesperson
Sougata Roy said.

The West Bengal assembly elections are supposed to
be held in April-May.