Congress MLA wishes to work under Mamata Banerjee

A Congress MLA has expressed his wish to work under Mamata Banerjee amidst claims by Trinamool Congress vice-president Mukul Roy that a number of MLAs from other parties are willing to join TMC.
Congress MLA Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya from Bishnupur in Bankura district had contested this year's Assembly poll as a candidate of the CPI(M)-Congress alliance.
"I have never accepted the Congress-CPI-M alliance personally. I contested only after the party told me to do so. I have won because of the votes of the masses. I am inspired by the good work done by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee. If I get an opportunity I will love to work under Banerjee," Bhattacharya said yesterday in Bankura.

Mukul Roy went on record saying that at least 20 MLAs belonging to different political parties were in touch with the TMC leadership in order to join the party.
"Many MLAs of the Congress and the Left are in touch with us and are willing to join the TMC," Mukul Ray told PTI today.
The Congress, which is the main opposition party in West Bengal, has 44 MLAs. During the last Assembly session the Congress had 42 MLAs but nine of them defected to the TMC between 2011-2016.
Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Abdul Mannan refused to comment on the matter.