BJP nominates recent TMC defectors for Rajya Sabha seats

Just hours after switching to the BJP on Thursday, former TMC members Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev, and Prakash Chik Baraik were named as the party's candidates for the West Bengal Rajya Sabha by-elections. Sushmita Dev, who previously left Congress to join the TMC in 2021, stated that she did not anticipate receiving a Rajya Sabha nomination from the BJP.