Rajib Banerjee, a former minister in the Mamta Banerjee government who had left Trinamool Congress to join BJP, on Sunday returned to the party at a public meeting in Tripura.

Banerjee joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the presence of the partyโ€™s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Agartala.

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Banerjee was inducted into the national executive committee of the BJP earlier this month.

โ€œI realized that I cannot accept the politics of hatred and divisive ideology propagated by BJP. I cannot accept the anti-people policies of the BJP,โ€ he said.

Banerjee said he is sorry for his decision to join BJP.

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โ€œI will work under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee,โ€ he added.

Banerjee had contested the West Bengal polls as a BJP candidate from Domjur constituency but lost to a TMC candidate.