LS Polls 2019 | BJP's Mukul Roy meets Bidhannagar Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta, speculations rife on switch over
March 10, 2019 8:56 ISTRoy and Dutta, however, refuted the speculations and said it was just a courtesy visit.
Roy and Dutta, however, refuted the speculations and said it was just a courtesy visit.
BJP leader Mukul Roy was among the four people to be booked on Sunday in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior police officer said.
Around 245,259 voters will exercise their franchise at the bypoll which is being considered as a litmus test for Mukul Roy who recently left Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress to join BJP.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been entrusted with the task of safeguarding the former railway minister under the UPA regime, official sources said.
Senior TMC leader and mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Sovan Chatterjee, said the party was not at all bothered about Mukul Roy.
It is true that whenever BJP will raise the Saradha and Narada scam issues, Mamata Banerjee will naturally question why BJP admitted Mukul Roy into the party.
Mukul Roy described the BJP as a secular party and said the TMC would not have tasted success without the backing of the saffron outfit at the national level in its initial years.
In a big blow to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, party MP Mukul Roy on Wednesday submitted his resignation to Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu.
Suspended Trinamool Congress leader MP Mukul Roy is likely to resign from the Rajya Sabha today in a meeting with Venkaiah Naidu.
When the TMC was formed, it had forged an alliance with the BJP. The alliance was there from 1998-2006, except for a few months during the (West Bengal) Assembly election in 2001."
Mukul Roy described the BJP as a secular party and said the TMC would not have tasted success without the backing of the saffron outfit at the national level in its initial years
Once Mamata Banerjee's Man Friday, Mukul Roy's departure has set off rumours of him joining the BJP.
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