Trinamool Congress leaders Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari join Bharatiya Janata Party

Former Trinamool Congress leaders and West Bengal MPs Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari were on Friday inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party at its headquarters in New Delhi.

Singh, who is an MP from West Bengal’s Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, and Adhikari, an MP representing the state’s Tamluk constituency, joined the saffrom party in the presence of the party’s National General Secretary Dushyant Gautam and party leader Amit Malviya.

Following his induction into the BJP, Adhikari, who is the brother of West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, criticised the Trinamool Congress for its handling of the violence that recently broke out in Sandeshkhali, Mint reported.