Bengal: Koel Mallik joins BJP, set to return to Rajya Sabha

Kolkata, Oct 5 (UNI) Actor-turned-politician Koel Mallik on Monday formally joined the BJP, ending months of speculation over her political future. Mallik, who had earlier been elected to the Rajya Sabha on a Trinamool Congress ticket, resigned from the Upper House after the political change in West Bengal. Soon after her resignation, Mallik met senior BJP leader Bhupendra Yadav, triggering speculation that she was preparing to join the saffron party. The speculation ended on Monday when she joined the BJP at the party office on Muralidhar Lane, holding the party flag. She is expected to file her nomination for the…