Treatment meted out by TMC forced me to switch camps: MP Sisir Adhikari

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses a public meeting ahead of the WB Assembly Polls, in Purba Medinipur. Pic/PTI

Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sisir Adhikari - father of BJP heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari - joined the BJP here on Sunday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders of the party.

The patriarch of the Adhikari family - which wields considerable influence in Bengal's Purba Medinipur district - said that he had to work really hard to rise through the ranks in the TMC, but the treatment meted out to him and his sons, of late, forced him to switch camp.

"The way our family was driven out (of TMC) will be forever written in history. We will rise against all political attacks and atrocities in Bengal. We will work under Modiji and Amit Shahji," the Lok Sabha MP said, chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram' and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai'. Earlier in the day, Adhikari had asserted that his son Suvendu, will bag the Nandigram seat at ease.

‘Didn't know the true face of Adhikari family'
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday blamed herself for not recognising the "true face" of the Adhikari family of Purba Medinipur district. Venting her ire against Suvendu Adhikari, her protege-turned-rival who is pitted against the TMC leader from Nandigram for the coming assembly polls, Banerjee said she had even heard rumours the Adhikari family had built an empire.

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