{"id":7031,"date":"2021-01-01T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=7031"},"modified":"2021-01-01T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T14:27:00","slug":"suvendu-adhikaris-brother-soumendu-join-bjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/suvendu-adhikaris-brother-soumendu-join-bjp\/","title":{"rendered":"Suvendu Adhikari\u2019s brother Soumendu joins BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bengal, Jan<\/strong> <strong>1:<\/strong> Former TMC leader Soumendu Adhikari, who was recently removed from the post of administrator at Contai Municipality by the Mamata Banerjee-led government joined the BJP along with a host of other TMC workers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/suvendu-adhikaris-brother-soumendu-adhikari-to-join-bjp-today\/\">Soumendu<\/a><\/span> was accompanied by his brother Suvendu Adhikari, a former TMC leader who had switched to the saffron party recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>We will win this battle. A new government will be formed that will move forward with Narendra Modi\u2019s ideals and promise to make the state<\/strong> \u2018<strong>Sonar Bangla<\/strong>\u2019,\u201d Suvendu said at Purba Medinipur after joining BJP.<\/p>\n<p>The Adhikari household has two other members in the TMC camp \u2014 MPs Dibyendu and Sisir.<\/p>\n<p>Suvendu, who had resigned from the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_India_Trinamool_Congress\">TMC<\/a><\/span> on December 16, was a member of the party\u2019s steering committee and state committee, and a leader of its trade union front. 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