Summary:
On May 29, all the 18 Trinamool Congress councillors had flown to Delhi and joined the BJP in presence of some of its leaders. The number of Trinamool Congress councillors in the Naihati Municipality dropped to 13 following the incident. TMC leaders have expressed their optimism saying that the remaining eight TMC councillors who were still with the BJP would soon be back with the TMC. Two TMC councillors from Gadulia municipality who joined BJP also returned to their old party. He also blamed Singh and his associates for forcing the TMC councillors to join BJP..