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 in Kolkata, the BJP state president Rahul Sinha welcomed around 1,500 Forward Bloc workers into the party fold. Mr 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.
Mr Chowdhury said their party was founded by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and they will continue to follow the ideals of the nationalist leader.
At a function in Kolkata, the BJP state president Rahul Sinha welcomed around 1,500 Forward Bloc workers into the party fold. Mr 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.
Mr 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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