4-time MLA Arjun Singh joins BJP, TMC shrugs off setback

Kolkata | Friday | 15th March, 2019

Summary:

Now the three Ms stand for money, money and only money,” Singh said.The Trinamool sniggered at Singh’s corruption allegations. The Bhatpara MLA faces several criminal cases, including an attempt-to-murder charge. Another Trinamool-to-BJP turncoat, Mukul Roy, welcomed Singh to the new party and described him as the “Arjun of Mahabharata”, prompting Singh to call Roy “Krishna”. The MLA’s brother-in-law, Sunil Singh, an MLA from Noapara, said he was not joining the BJP. BJP insiders said Singh might be the party’s Barrackpore candidate.Singh gave various reasons for joining the BJP, one of them being Banerjee’s stance vis-a-vis the air strike following the Pulwama terror attack..