October 6, 2021: Tripura BJP MLA Ashis Das from Surma constituency has shaved his head and performed a yagna at Kolkata's famous Kalighat temple, near West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s residence on Tuesday.

Das said that he was performing an act of penance before joining West Bengal’s ruling party TMC.

According to TMC leaders, Ashis Das, who has repeatedly criticised Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb, arrived in Kolkata more than a week ago.

Earlier, he had praised Mamata Banerjee to the extent of pitching her as the Prime Minister, and for the last two years, has been seen as a strong critic of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb.

"Today I have tonsured my head as penance of the misrule of the BJP government. I have decided to leave the party and time will decide my next step. But the type of anarchy and misrule Tripura has witnessed under the BJP-led regime has moved me and therefore for the past two years, I have been a critic of all these wrong deeds and I have been working for the people beyond the party and politics," said Ashis Das.