Before the West Bengal Assembly elections, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's great grandson Chandra Bose joined TMC on Sunday. Earlier, Chandra Bose was in the Bharatiya Janata Party and had contested the 2016 election against Mamata Banerjee from Bhawanipur Assembly seat on BJP ticket, but was defeated and now just before the Bengal elections, he has changed sides and joined TMC.
Bhawanipur Assembly The seat is a high profile seat of Bengal. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from this seat and BJP has fielded Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari against her. There is considered to be a close contest on this seat.
Just before the elections, Trinamool Congress has tried to create psychological pressure by including former BJP candidates in the party. Chandra Bose joined TMC in the presence of TMC leader Kirti Azad and minister Bratya Basu at the TMC office.
On the occasion of joining TMC, he said that I had made a mistake by joining BJP, so I corrected it today. BJP is against the constitution of the country. I was the BJP candidate in Bhawanipur. I couldn't win. No one can win right now. Mamta Banerjee will win there.
#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandson Chandra Kumar Bose joins TMC. pic.twitter.com/z8Rzt46XHo
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2026
Chandra Bose said that Bharatiya Janata Party does not believe in the principles of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. While being in that party, it was not possible to work there as per Netaji's thinking, because the party did not allow it.
He said that BJP's thinking does not match with the history and culture of Bengal. After joining BJP in 2016, it has become clear that it opposes the Constitution of India. All religion coordination is the heritage of India, but politics of religion and communalism is done. He said that at the time of joining BJP, he had said that he would work according to the ideals of Netaji, but he could not do it.
He said that not only in Bengal, but the kind of politics going on in the entire country. The time has come to fight against him. India is going through a crisis. In such a situation, everyone will have to unite and stop it.
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