Forward Bloc leaders join BJP
Press Trust of India | 20-Jul-2014 20:14 PM
Kolkata: Hundreds of workers and leaders of the
All India Forward Bloc, part of the Left Front, on
Sunday joined the BJP.
At a function here, BJP state president Rahul
Sinha welcomed around 1,500 Forward Bloc
workers into the party fold. Sinha said, "We are
in touch with more party leaders.
They will also come to our fold later on." State
president of Yuva League, AIFB's youth wing,
Ajoy Agnihotri and its General Secretary Anirban
Chowdhury were among the prominent who
switched sides.
"Our party workers were attacked and our
leadership did nothing. But when BJP workers
were attacked, their leaders stood behind every
party worker. It is this security which the BJP
will ensure," the AIFB leaders said.
Chowdhury said their party was founded by
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and they will
continue to follow the ideals of the nationalist
leader.
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Looks like 2016 is all headed for primarily a BJP-TMC clash in Bengal