Kolkata: Senior BJP chief Mukul Roy’s return to the TMC evoked blended reactions within the saffron camp on Friday, with its state unit president Dilip Ghosh asserting that the transfer can have no impression on his organisation, and former MP Anupam Hazra claiming that “foyer politics at play is adversely affecting the occasion”. BJP state general secretary Joyprakash Majumder, on his part, extended his best wishes to Roy, and said that he should immediately quit all saffron party posts.
“Mukul babu is a veteran leader, he is a known face in Bengal politics. We wish him the best in his new innings, but shouldn’t he forthwith quit from the primary membership and all other posts of the BJP? Shouldn’t he not resign as the MLA as he had won a seat on Lotus (BJP) symbol,” Majumder mentioned. Roy together with son Subrangshu was on Friday cordially welcomed again to the TMC by occasion supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and different senior leaders.
He had give up the TMC in 2015, after being faraway from the publish of the occasion’s nationwide common secretary, and sucsequently joined the BJP two years later. Ghosh, whereas speaking to reporters, mentioned to he was unsure if the BJP would lose something from Roy’s resolution, provided that he was “uncertain whether or not we gained something” from his entry three-and-half years back.
“Right now, we are bothered about more serious issues as the cycle of violence goes on unabated in the state. We are bothered about the safety of our workers, who are being targeted by TMC activists,” he added. Hazra, earlier within the day, mentioned foyer politics with the saffron camp has led to such a state of affairs, hours earlier than Roy made his re-entry within the Mamata Banerjee camp.
Taking to Twitter, he contended that it was excessive time that the state unit of the BJP put an finish to the observe and utilise leaders in accordance to their advantage. The former MP, who had converted from the TMC to the BJP in 2018, nonetheless, asserted that he’ll proceed to be part of the saffron camp beneath all circumstances.
“Too a lot significance has been accorded to one or two leaders whereas ignoring and humiliating the remainder. That has led to the current unhappy state of affairs. There can be no hint of the royal passengers who had taken a chartered flight,” the academic-turned-politician, who had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha polls in 2019, said. Hazra was possibly referring to TMC turncoats Baishali Dalmiya, Rajib Banerjee and Prabir Ghosal, who had taken a chartered flight to Union Home Minister Amit Shahs residence in Delhi earlier this year.
He further said, “Please don’t give me the tag of a disgruntled leader for this post. I am with the BJP and will remain in the BJP. But the dirty lobby politics should come to an end. This is all I want.” A piece of state BJP leaders are of the view that Roy and different senior leaders, together with Sabyasachi Dutta, weren’t accorded due significance by the saffron occasion high brass throughout the meeting elections, and solely a handful of leaders, resembling Suvendu Adhikari and actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty got all obligations. Hinting he was not made part of necessary conferences, Hazra mentioned, “Hoping to get an invitation to state unit conferences of the BJP as per protocol.”
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