Bengal elections: TMC MLA Khagendranath Mahato switches to BJP after being denied ticket in Gopiballavpur

In a significant political development from West Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Khagendranath Mahato, who represented the Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency in Jhargram district, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. This development comes just a day ahead of the first phase of the Assembly election in the state. His switch comes at the last moment after he was denied a ticket by the TMC for the upcoming Assembly elections. Party insiders said Mahato was upset over not being given a ticket by the TMC. With limited time left before the elections, he decided to join the BJP and formally announced his move on Wednesday. 

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