Kolkata, June 4 -- and BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta on Thursday reacted to the deepening crisis within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), cautioning his party against embracing defectors as the opposition outfit grapples with an unprecedented internal revolt following its defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections.

In a post on X, Dasgupta said he was not saddened by the turmoil within the TMC but stressed that the BJP must remain vigilant against opportunistic political alignments.

"I shed no tears for the TMC's self-destruction. My only hope is that the political culture of the vandals doesn't start contaminating the W.Bengal BJP. We in the BJP have to be always wary of false friends who are today cosying up to us because they need to wash away t...