Kolkata: In a significant blow to the saffron get together, Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Vice President Mukul Roy is prone to be part of Trinamool Congress.
As per sources, the choice relating to his becoming a member of might be taken after his assembly with the get together’s high brass in Kolkata immediately.
This comes after the absence of three BJP heavyweights Mukul Roy, Shamik Bhattacharya and Rajib Banerjee on the current assembly of the get together’s West Bengal unit sparked rumours in state politics.
Several turncoat politicians, who switched from the TMC to BJP forward of lately held meeting polls, expressed remorse over their choice to give up.
BJP’s Bengal unit had held a high-powered organisational assembly on Tuesday the place get together leaders have been required to be bodily current.
Speaking on the absence of the three BJP leaders, Joy Prakash Majumdar, Vice-President, West Bengal BJP, stated: “BJP National Vice President Mukul Roy could not attend the meeting as his wife is unwell and is in a hospital. On the day the meeting was scheduled, Bengal BJP chief spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya’s father died of Covid and so he could not attend the meeting. Rajib Banerjee could not attend due to personal reasons”.
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Rajib Banerjee had lately stated that folks elected the federal government, maybe referring to the TMC which returned to energy with a powerful mandate, and added that they won’t take it effectively if the specter of imposing the president’s rule is consistently dangled to oppose the chief minister.
“Enough with the criticism. The people elected the government with a majority, they will not take it well if the threat of Section 365 is constantly dangled to oppose the chief minister,” Rajib Banerjee had tweeted.
Commenting on Rahul Banerjee’s tweet, Majumdar stated that the BJP doesn’t assist this stance.
“It is completely his personal opinion and in no way the BJP at the state and national level supports his statement. Whatever stand Rajib Banerjee has taken, it is completely his personal opinion,” Majumdar stated.
The West Bengal BJP Vice-President additionally said that the leaders, who wish to return to Trinamool Congress, are grasping for energy.
“It is their primary right. Those who want to go to their old party can go back. They can decide whether they want to stay with this party and work for the people or go to the party from where they came. They want to go back to Trinamool Congress because they are greedy for power.”
Mukul Roy was a founder-member of the TMC. He give up in 2017 and rose to prominence within the saffron get together. After lots of experiences and speculations, Rajib Banerjee additionally left the TMC in January this yr to contest the West Bengal meeting election on a BJP ticket.
Several leaders together with Suvendu Adhikari, who as soon as was an in depth support of Mamata Banerjee, joined the BJP forward of the Assembly election. BJP misplaced the polls however emerged because the second-largest get together with 77 seats within the 294-member state meeting. Trinamool Congress registered a landslide victory profitable 213 seats.
(With Agency Inputs)
