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Kolkata: A number of leaders in Zilla Parishad of BJP and Congress in Purulia district have joined the Trinamool Congress. The Opposition leader of Purulia Zilla Parishad Ajit Bauri and his aide Manikchand Kumar from BJP, Rajib Sahu and Tanusree Bauri of Congress joined Trinamool at the district party office on Saturday. Senior Trinamool leaders in the district were also present at the mass joining event. Trinamool Congress had won 26 seats in the last Panchayat elections while BJP had won 9 and Congress 3. Alipurduar district president of BJP Ganga Prasad Sharma is likely to join Trinamool along with six BJP leaders on Monday..