Before the assembly elections, the game of defection intensifies in Bengal, 350 people joined Trinamool, two days ago 500 had joined BJP.

Asansol, West Bengal Before the 2026 assembly elections, the game of defection has intensified in the politics of West Bengal. Especially Kulti assembly constituency of Asansol has become the center of political turmoil these days. Two days ago, Parivartan Yatra was taken out in Kulti assembly constituency under the leadership of BJP state president Shamik Bhattacharya. In the meeting organized during this yatra, more than 500 workers of various parties, including veteran Trinamool leader Bireshwar Acharya, joined the BJP. The incident was projected as a major political success by the BJP and a major blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress. However, just two days after this development, Trinamool Congress also organized a program in a show of strength at the same place where BJP's Parivartan Yatra took place. In this program, under the leadership of State Minister Malay Ghatak, more than 350 workers of BJP and other parties announced to join Trinamool Congress. According to sources, after the BJP meeting, the state level leadership of Trinamool had put pressure on the district leadership to strengthen the organization and adopt counter strategy. After this, Trinamool showed activeness and launched a large-scale membership campaign and tried to bring the workers of the opposition parties into its fold. Political analysts believe that in view of the upcoming assembly elections, both the major parties are busy strengthening their organizations and this process of defection may continue further. Now it will be interesting to see how much this political upheaval affects the election results in Asansol area including Kulti.