After a string of TMC turncoats expressed regret at having jumped ship to the BJP in West Bengal, a group of workers from the saffron party in Birbhum district very publicly apologized and requested to join the Mamata Banerjee-led party. 

Marching into their village’s local market on Tuesday, the BJP cadres announced that they now wish to join TMC. One BJP worker, who led the march of party supporters, was seen addressing the locals over a microphone. “We have made a mistake by joining the BJP, we maligned the local panchayat falsely. Now we want to work with the TMC,” the party worker announced.

The district BJP leadership has alleged that their workers were living in fear sinc TMC stormed into power in Bengal for the third time last month. They were forced to tender such a public apology, BJP leaders say. 

Despite the sporadic reports of clashes between cadres of the two political parties, several former TMC leaders, who had joined the BJP in the run-up to the assembly elections, have either directly or indirectly conveyed their desire to rejoin.