BJP leader Roopa Ganguly.
Highlight
- Although both Roopa and Kunal claimed that it was a “courtesy meeting” and there was no politics involved.
- ‘We belong to different political parties but she is like my elder sister’: Kunal Ghosh
- Ganguly joined BJP in 2015 and was appointed state unit president of BJP Mahila Morcha
BJP leader Roopa Ganguly, who has recently been criticized by the state leadership on various issues, met TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh at a social gathering, fueling speculation in political circles in West Bengal. However, both Ganguly and Ghosh have claimed that it was a “courtesy meeting” and there was nothing political in it.
Recently, a picture of both of them patronizing at a party went viral on social media.
“We met at a gathering. We are from different political parties but she is like my elder sister. In our teenage days, she was a famous actress who played the role of Draupadi in the Mahabharat mega-serial. Kisii Ko Kuch Bhi Try not to read political in our etiquette meeting,” Ghosh told reporters.
Later, while talking to a news channel, Ganguly said that speaking with a person from another party does not mean a possible switchover.
“We met at an event. But talking to someone from another party doesn’t mean switching to that outfit,” she said.
However, the West Bengal BJP unit refused to give much importance to development.
Ganguly joined the BJP in 2015 and was appointed the state unit president of the BJP Mahila Morcha.
In 2016, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
He took an active part in the 2019 Lok Sabha and 2021 assembly elections in the state.
The BJP’s state unit is working hard to keep its flock together after five MLAs, including former Union minister Babul Supriyo, party MP Arjun Singh and its national vice president Mukul Roy, joined the TMC since the assembly election results last year. Is. ,
Several senior TMC leaders like Rajiv Banerjee and Sabyasachi Dutta, who had joined the saffron camp, had also returned to the Mamata Banerjee-led outfit.