Trinamool's Second Chance: Defectors Get Tickets for Upcoming Elections

• Several Trinamool Congress leaders who defected before the 2021 assembly elections have returned and received tickets.
• Biswajit Das, who won as a BJP MLA, returned to Trinamool and is now nominated from Bongaon Uttar constituency.
• Sabyasachi Dutta, who lost on a BJP ticket in the last assembly elections, will contest from the Barasat seat for Trinamool.
• Rajib Banerjee, who joined BJP via chartered flight, is now nominated by Trinamool for the Debra seat.
• Trinamool leadership had previously mocked their return, stating they 'left on a private jet, but wanted to return to Didi on an auto-rickshaw'.