BJP leader and former TMC leader Mukul Roy has claimed that at least 5 more MPs were in touch with him and wanted to join the BJP ahead of the general elections.
The Bill proposes to allow the religious minorities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to acquire the Indian citizenship by way of naturalisation.
BJP had planned three rath yatras from different parts of the State, travelling across all the parliamentary constituencies over one-and-a-half months to protest against the Trinamool Congress government.
Siddiqullah Chowdhury is the minister for library and mass education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet and also the President of the West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulama.