Former Congress leader Pijush Kanti Biswas, four party leaders from Tripura joined the TMC.

New Delhi: Former Tripura Congress president Pijush Kanti Biswas and four party leaders joined the Trinamool Congress here on Wednesday.

Trinamool Congress president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is in the national capital, was present during her induction.
Apart from Biswas, former Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) general secretaries Tejen Das and Ananta Banerjee, former TPCC working president Purnita Chakma and Bimal Rudra paul of Tripura Youth Congress joined the TMC, according to a party statement.
Barely five months after it suffered a crushing defeat in the Tripura Assembly by-elections, the TMC has sounded the electoral trumpet in the state, appealing to voters to vote for it in next year’s state polls. The new inductees are expected to strengthen the party’s prospects in the state.