The Citizenship Bill has united parties which have traditionally been arch enemies. The CPI(M) has been supported in its opposition to the Bill by Mamata Banerjee's TMC
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.
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.