Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kolkata on Thursday in the presence of West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya.
A tense situation unfolded outside West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence on Harish Chatterjee Street on Wednesday after a court-approved Trinamool Congress (TMC) procession reached the area.