India, July 9 -- Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, and Prakash Chik Baraik join the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal's capital, Kolkata, on Thursday.

The three leaders were inducted into the party in the presence of state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya.

Bhattacharya welcomed the former MPs by presenting them with BJP flags during a programme attended by senior state leaders at the party's Salt Lake office.

Dev, Ray and Baraik had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and quit the Trinamool Congress last month following the party's defeat in the West Bengal assembly elections. The terms of Roy and Baraik were due to run till September 2029, while Dev's tenure was to continue till April 2030.

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