Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal has decided to stop encouraging defections from other parties and warned against takeover politics, while also urging restraint and legal action against post-poll violence following recent assembly election results
Raghav Chadha said AAP MPs quit due to “disappointment, disengagement and disgust,” not fear, after joining the BJP. He cited the “Sheesh Mahal” controversy as damaging the party’s image, while AAP denied allegations and accused BJP of engineering defections
The Congress accused the BJP of using a “washing machine” to induct opposition leaders after seven AAP MPs switched sides to the BJP. Jairam Ramesh criticised the move, while AAP leaders alleged betrayal and called the defectors “traitors.
BRS MLA Danam Nagender from Khairthabad says he is ready to resign if directed by the Chief Minister amid the ongoing Speaker hearing on MLAs’ defections. The matter also remains pending in the Supreme Court
Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy said that the State leadership was encouraging defections into the party, was against the AICC’s policies and that such steps were leaving local leaders in distress
Questioning MP Rahul Gandhi, BRS leader S Niranjan Reddy points out that the Congress had promised to prevent defections in its election manifesto but failed to uphold this commitment in practice.