5,000 Trinamool workers join Congress, claims WBPCC chief

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : May 28 2013 | 4:12 PM IST
Ahead of the panchayat poll in the state, WBPCC president Pradip Bhattacharya today claimed that nearly 5,000 Trinamool Congress workers had joined the Congress,
"Nearly 5,000 members of the Trinamool Congress' Pingla block committee in East Midnapore district have joined the Congress and they have been allowed to be our party workers," Bhattacharya said.
He claimed that these party workers were 'frustrated' with the TMC.
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First Published: May 28 2013 | 4:12 PM IST

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