'Don't care', says Mamata Banerjee as Mukul Roy makes his BJP move clear
India | Apr 19, 2023, 04:09 PM ISTTMC MLA Mukul Roy on Wednesday claimed his support for the BJP and said that if he will receive an offer he will remain with the party.
TMC MLA Mukul Roy on Wednesday claimed his support for the BJP and said that if he will receive an offer he will remain with the party.
One of TMC founders Mukul Roy kept the political pundits guessing over his next move. However, he said he wanted to rejoin BJP. But, the saffron party showed unwillingness to take him on board.
TMC leader Mukul Roy said he reached New Delhi for some personal work, hours after his family claimed he was "untraceable".
Nikhil Ranjan Dey on Monday said the top leadership had erred by inducting TMC leaders into the BJP before the assembly polls in West Bengal.
Mukul Roy had left the Mamata Banerjee-led party in 2017 to join the BJP and returned to the TMC around a month after the results of the assembly elections were declared on May 2.
BJP MLA Ambika Roy moved the PIL before the high court seeking removal of Mukul Roy from the post of PAC chairman of the West Bengal assembly, making the Speaker of the House one of the respondents in the petition.
Even as there was stunned bewilderment among those present, the former railway minister quickly corrected himself and said "the Trinamool Congress will undoubtedly win the by-elections. BJP will be trounced."
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari objected to Roy's elevation, arguing that the MLA, who had crossed over to the ruling TMC last month after winning the polls on a BJP ticket, cannot be considered a legislator of the saffron camp.
Roy, officially a BJP MLA from Krishnanagar Uttar, joined the TMC last month. He, however, did not resign as a legislator, despite being asked to do so by the saffron party.
Krishna Roy was suffering from post-Covid complications for a long time. She was taken to Chennai from Kolkata sometime back.
Bharatiya Janata Party has sought the disqualification of party turncoat Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
They said the Union Home Ministry has directed the CRPF to recall its detachment deployed with the 67-yr-old Roy.
Mukul Roy had crossed over to BJP in 2017 after being charged in the Narada tape sting. He joined the TMC again on Friday along with his son Subhranshu.
Last month, in view of the alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal and potential threats to their lives, the central government had provided a cover of central security forces to all the newly elected 77 BJP MLAs.
BJP national Vice President Mukul Roy along with son Subhranshu, re-joined Trinamool Congress on Friday
The former Governor of Tripura said that a handful of others may leave the BJP but it will have no impact on the party's base.
When Mukul Roy had joined the BJP in November 2017, it was seen as a big blow to Mamata as he was considered be to the 'Man Friday' of the Trinamool supremo.
Roy, the former second-in-command of the TMC who joined the saffron party in November 2017, has been distancing himself from the BJP for the last several days.
Mukul Roy was once considered the closet aide of Mamata. He quit the TMC in 2017 and joined the BJP.
Bengal polls sixth phase: At least 79.09 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in 43 assembly constituencies of West Bengal where voting was held for the sixth phase on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Aariz Aftab said.
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