A ward co-ordinator each from the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and the South Dum Dum Municipality joined the BJP on Sunday.

Swati Banerjee, the ward co-ordinator of Ward 5 comprising areas under the erstwhile Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality, joined the BJP at their joining event held at Dum Dum Park.

Banerjee was previously the councillor of a ward of the Bidhannagar Municipality before it was accorded corporation status.

Mriganka Bhattacharya, the co-ordinator of Ward 28 of the South Dum Dum Municipality, also joined the BJP at the same event. Bhattacharya is credited with stopping the use of plastic bags in Bangur as well as taking up various beautification projects in his ward. He had also spruced up several parks during his tenure as councillor.