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Song Sung Blue: Why Babul Supriyo Came Out Of Retirement To Join Mamata바카라s Trinamool

Singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo further dents BJP in West Bengal after the humbling assembly polls loss.

When he sings, they say, it is from his heart. When Babul Supriyo is upset, he pours his heart out. That바카라s precisely what he did when he was removed from the Union ministry in the latest ­reshuffle a couple of months ago. Following his removal, he announced quitting politics and decided to resign from the Lok Sabha. But BJP national president J.P. Nadda prevailed and Supriyo, who joined politics ahead of the 2014 general elections and served as a junior Union minister, decided not to resign. He stayed put. Yet, speculation swirled that his association with the BJP won바카라t be long. Questions were asked: Where would he go next? He answered that this weekend. The ­playback singer/politician joined Mamata Banerjee바카라s Trinamool Congress.

He is the first BJP Lok Sabha MP to switch over to the Trinamool. The BJP has already lost three MLAs to Banerjee after she ­returned to power for a third term in West Bengal. Trinamool sources say Supriyo will resign from the Lok Sabha, which will call for a ­bypoll at the Asansol seat within six months of his resignation. They say the BJP is not prepared for a Lok Sabha bypoll in Bengal. Supriyo바카라s departure from the BJP has stirred a call for reorganisation of the party in the state. Chandra Kumar Bose, a former vice president of BJP바카라s Bengal unit, wrote on Twitter that a 바카라complete revamp바카라 like what the BJP has done in Gujarat 바카라is necessary to recharge the party which is at present in shambles바카라. But the BJP바카라s Bengal unit leaders don바카라t agree with the comment.

(This appeared in the print edition as "Babul Goes To Trinamool")

By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya in Calcutta

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