{"id":10671,"date":"2020-10-16T17:11:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T11:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=10671"},"modified":"2021-01-05T03:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:37:19","slug":"cpim-mla-rafikul-islam-joins-trinamool-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/cpim-mla-rafikul-islam-joins-trinamool-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"CPIM MLA Rafikul Islam joins Trinamool Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA from Basirhat North constituency \u2013 Rafikul Islam \u2013 joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday. Basirhat North constituency is in North 24 Parganas district. He took up the party flag of Trinamool at the party\u2019s headquarters in Kolkata on the EM Bypass.<\/p>\n<p>Rafikul Islam is an experienced MLA and sources said that some other MLAs are likely to join Trinamool Congress ahead of the Assembly polls of 2021. 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