Three Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) Lok Sabha members from Murshidabad—Abu Taher Khan, Khalilur Rahaman, and Yusuf Pathan—skipped an NDA meeting in Delhi and reiterated they would not join the BJP or the BJP-led alliance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Union ministers attended the NDA meeting.
Abu Taher Khan, Khalilur Rahaman, and Yusuf Pathan cited major development-related problems in their constituencies as the reason for refusing alignment with the NDA/BJP. The three MPs also attended a separate coordination meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
West Bengal realignment narratives described in the episode link NCPI consolidation to internal political reshuffling after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) electoral defeat in West Bengal, with rebel MPs reportedly merging into NCPI. The episode also links Rajya Sabha re-election outcomes after resignations to NCPI-linked former TMC members and a BJP-supported Rajya Sabha re-election after resignations.
The episode includes Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that defections involved police or Central agency pressure; Mamata Banerjee’s allegation is presented as a political claim in the supplied material rather than as a verified institutional finding.
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