Three ex-TMC Rajya Sabha MPs join BJP

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Prakash Chik Baraik and Sukhendu Sekhar Roy joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday.

On Thursday, the three leaders were inducted into the BJP in the presence of state party president Samik Bhattacharya.

The TMC has been grappling with factionalism after its loss in the West Bengal Assembly elections in May.