Politically Correct: How BJP CMs Yediyurappa and Shivraj Chouhan inspire defectors in West Bengal
Thirteen MLAs from the Trinamool Congress, the Congress and the Left Front have defected to the BJP so far, and many more are queuing up for a meeting with Amit Shah in Kolkata on 30-31 January. The number of defecting legislators in West Bengal is likely to better the hitherto best pre-election tally for the BJP in a state — 23 in Maharashtra. In his column #PoliticallyCorrect, ThePrint's Political Editor D K Singh uses these data points about West Bengal to analyse the role of BJP Chief Ministers B.S. Yediyurappa and Shivraj Chouhan, and explains how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept his own stable clean.
