5 sitting TMC MLAs join BJP in Kolkata ahead of Assembly elections

Five sitting lawmakers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal joined the BJP on Monday, ahead of Assembly polls in the state. Sonali Guha, Dipendu Biswas, Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Jatu Lahiri and Sital Kumar Sardar joined the saffron party in Kolkata. Former TMC candidate for Habibpur Sarala Murmu also joined the BJP, hours after being replaced due to "ill health".