Kolkata, Dec 19 (TIWN) Dissident Trinamool Congress heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a mega public rally in Midnapore. He also attacked Mamata's nephew and Trinamool's Lok Sabha member from Diamond Harbour constituency Abhishek Banerjee dubbing him an "extortionist".

“Now I say tolabaaj bhaipo hatao (Get rid of the extortionist nephew)…I thank my elder brother Amit Shah for accepting me as a primary member of the world’s largest political party BJP. I will start working for the party from tomorrow itself,” Adhikari declared at the public rally. He said that a “deep rot” has set in the Trinamool Congress.