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Contai (WB), Jan 01: The BJP on Friday got another shot in the arm as 15 TMC councillors in the 20-member Contai Municipality, including its former administrator Soumendu Adhikari, quit the state’s ruling party and joined the saffron camp.
Suvendu Adhikari, a senior BJP leader and Soumendu’s brother, handed over party flags to the councillors at a programme here. Soumendu was recently removed from the administrator’s post at the civic body by the Mamata Banerjee government.
Adhikari, who had quit the TMC and joined the BJP last month, said Soumendu’s removal was a “vindictive move” on the part of the state government.
“Soumendu has a long political career ahead of him. He has worked hard all these…
