Rajib Banerjee joined the BJP on Saturday (January 30). Along with him, four other TMC leaders including Baishali Dalmiya, Rathin Chakraborty, Prabir Ghosh, and Rudranil Ghosh also joined the BJP.
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According to sources, the MHA will also provide extra security to the four former TMC leaders.
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Notably, Rajib Banerjee is the second turncoat leader after Suvendu Adhikari to get ‘Z’ category security post-defection to the BJP.
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The Home Ministry provided the said category of security to Rajib Banerjee after he alleged that TMC workers held an agitation in his Domjur constituency.
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The security cover provided to Rajib Banerjee comes after vehicles of BJP leaders JP Nadda and Kailash Vijayvargiya’s convoys were attacked in Bengal in December last year.
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