Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the BJP in Kolkata. State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya welcomed the leaders, saying their experience would strengthen the party in West Bengal
Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the Rajya Sabha, becoming the third Trinamool Congress MP to quit this week. The resignation deepens the party's crisis following internal rebellion, parliamentary defections and organisational setbacks after recent political losses
