Kolkata: Putting an finish to all of the speculations, former BJP nationwide vp Mukul Roy on Friday formally rejoined Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) together with BJP nationwide vp Mukul Roy. The announcement was made throughout a press convention held at TMC headquarters in Kolkata after marathon assembly of get together’s high brass.
Soon after re-joining TMC, Mukul Roy mentioned, “I feel happy that I am back to where I belong. Bengal will be back to its former glory, amd I accept Mamata Banerjee as my supreme leader.”
“I will never return to BJP and I will never be with them,” Roy mentioned additional including that given the situation of BJP in Bengal, nobody would keep within the saffron get together for lengthy.
Meanwhile, completely happy over his ‘ghar wapsi’, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee welcomed his former confidant and mentioned he’ll play an vital position within the get together. Mamata additionally took a pointy dig at BJP alleging that Mukul Roy was threatened in BJP, it affected his well being.Â
When requested if extra folks from BJP will likely be becoming a member of TMC, Banerjee mentioned that we’ll not contemplate those that criticised the get together, betrayed the get together earlier than elections for BJP, for cash.Â
Roy was appointed the BJP nationwide vp within the run-up to the Bengal meeting elections, after he give up TMC in 2017.
Ever since West Bengal Assembly elections earlier this yr, TMC’s method in the direction of Mukul Roy has been gentle with Banerjee in her election marketing campaign terming Roy as ‘Bhalo Chele‘ (Good Boy) which was adopted by Abhishek Banerjee’s go to to the hospital to see Roy’s spouse.
Though Roy was not current throughout his go to, Abhishek met his son Subhrangshu Roy and each of them had a dialogue of greater than half-an-hour. Subhrangshu was all reward for Abhishek after the assembly.
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Mukul Roy began his political profession as Youth Congress chief and have become shut aide to Mamata Banerjee who was additionally related to Youth Congress.
Roy was additionally a founding member of All India Trinamool Congress in January 1998 as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress led by Mamata Banerjee. After that he turned the get together’s face in New Delhi and was made normal secretary in 2006.
