Three former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Rajya Sabha bypolls in West Bengal. The Deccan Chronicle reports that the three ex-TMC MPs are likely to receive new berths, while News18 India says BJP fields them as candidates hours after they join the party. News18 also notes that the three MPs had resigned from TMC weeks earlier amid mounting internal rebellion against the party leadership following a bruising defeat in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.
Swarajya similarly describes the move, stating that the three former TMC Rajya Sabha MPs join BJP and are named as candidates for the bypolls scheduled for 24 July. Across the reports, the consistent points are that the defections occur just before the scheduled Rajya Sabha bypolls, that the individuals are former TMC MPs, and that BJP identifies them as candidates for the election.
No outlet provides details in the supplied text about vote shares, the full list of other candidates, or the number of seats up for election beyond the bypoll timing in July.
