{"id":10997,"date":"2020-12-01T15:38:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=10997"},"modified":"2021-01-05T03:07:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:37:13","slug":"north-bengal-leader-from-bjp-joins-trinamool-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/north-bengal-leader-from-bjp-joins-trinamool-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"North Bengal leader from BJP joins Trinamool Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bharatiya Janata Party leader from West Bengal&#8217;s Alipurduar \u2013 Leos Kujur \u2013 joined the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday. Kujur is a leader from Kumargram, which has a large tribal population. Over a hundred BJP supporters joined the Trinamool along with Kujur.<\/p>\n<p>He is a popular leader in the tea gardens and his joining the Trinamool Congress is being considered an important step for the party to gain more support in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Kujur joined the Trinamool in presence of Bengal ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya and Malay Ghatak in Kolkata. 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