Jay Prakash Majumdar, suspended BJP leader, joins TMC in Mamata’s presence

Jay Prakash Majumdar, veteran BJP leader who was suspended from the party in January this year, joined the Trinamool Congress, in the presence of chief minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on Tuesday. 

The BJP had suspended Majumdar along with another party leader, Ritesh Tiwari, a day after they were served show-cause letters that charged them with making statements against the saffron camp. Both were state vice-presidents of the BJP. 

“The two persons (Majumdar and Tiwari) are being temporarily suspended till the investigation into charges of violating party discipline is not over,” said the one-line order that was issued at the direction of state president Sukanta Majumdar..