BJP workers who hosted lunch for Shah at Naxalbari join TMC
BJP workers Raju Mahali and his wife Geeta Mahali, who hosted lunch for party President Amit Shah at West Bengal's Naxalbari almost a week ago, have joined the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. While the BJP has alleged that the couple was abducted, TMC leader Goutam Deb has said they joined the party without any pressure from anyone.
In a major embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), two party workers with whom BJP President Amit Shah had lunch last week in Naxalbari, have joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC).Raju Mahali and wife Geeta Mahali joined the TMC in the presence of West Bengal Tourism Minister Goutam Deb in Siliguri.A red-faced BJP claimed that the two BJP workers were abducted and forcibly made to join the Trinamool Congress. ALSO READ:Day after Sukma, BJP chief Amit Shah begins Mission Bengal from Naxalbari 