Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy, who was questioned last week by the CBI in connection with Saradha chit fund scam, today met party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here amid reports of differences between the two.
The meeting, which lasted over half an hour, took place at the new state secretariat ‘Nabanna' in Howrah amid speculation in a section of media that Roy was distancing himself from Mamata.
“I had a discussion with her on upcoming vote,” Roy told PTI when asked if he discussed with her the petitions filed by West Bengal government and the Trinamool Congress regarding the ongoing CBI probe into the scam.
Crucial by-elections are scheduled to be held on February 13 to Bongaon Lok Sabha constituency and Krishnaganj Assembly constituency in West Bengal.
Roy said he would be leaving for Delhi today.
West Bengal government and ruling party Trinamool Congress on January 19 had moved the apex court seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the multi-crore rupees Saradha scam, alleging that the agency was acting as an “instrument” of the Centre and targeting the TMC leaders.
