Mukul Roy Rejoins Mamata’s TMC; Closes BJP Door ‘Forever’
The announcement was made throughout a press convention on the Trinamool Congress headquarters in Kolkata.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday introduced the re-entry of former BJP nationwide vice chairman Mukul Roy, and his son Subhranshu Roy into the Trinamool Congress-fold.
The announcement was made throughout a press convention on the Trinamool Congress headquarters in Kolkata.
“I really feel joyful that I’m again to the place I belong. Bengal will likely be again to its former glory, amd I settle for Mamata Banerjee as my supreme chief,” Roy mentioned.
“I gives you an in depth response for the explanation why I’ve returned, however I’ll say this that I’ll by no means return to BJP and I’ll by no means be with them,” he added.
Mamata Banerjee mentioned: “I believe Mukul is himself relieved to be again. He was disturbed within the BJP, and tormented in that celebration.”
Roy added that “given the situation of BJP in Bengal”, nobody would keep within the saffron celebration for lengthy.
Different senior celebration leaders, together with minister Subrata Mukherjee, had been additionally current on the Trinamool Bhavan off the Japanese Metropolitan Bypass right here.
Roy, the previous second-in-command of the TMC who joined the saffron celebration in November 2017, has been distancing himself from the BJP for the final a number of days.
Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had additionally left her Kalighat residence, as heightened safety measures had been observed on the Trinamool Congress Bhavan off the Japanese Metropolitan Bypass right here.
Requested by reporters the place he was going as he left his residence, Roy answered “Trinamool Bhavan”.
