Former Kolkata mayor and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's former aide, Sovan Chatterjee, joined the BJP in the presence of its senior West Bengal leader Mukul Roy and its general secretary Arun Singh on Wednesday.

Welcoming Chatterjee, Roy said he was one of those leaders who has made a big contribution to Banerjee’s rise to the post of the Chief minister. “He will now strengthen the BJP... Let me repeat that TMC will not even get the status of the opposition party,” he said.

Former Kolkata mayor and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's former aide, Sovan Chatterjee, joined the BJP in the presence of its senior West Bengal leader Mukul Roy and its general secretary Arun Singh on Wednesday.

Welcoming Chatterjee, Roy said he was one of those leaders who has made a big contribution to Banerjee’s rise to the post of the Chief minister. “He will now strengthen the BJP... Let me repeat that TMC will not even get the status of the opposition party,” he said.