Mukul Roy returns to TMC after 4 yrs in BJP

Kolkata: The BJP’s all-India vice-president and MLA Mukul Roy rejoined the Trinamool Congress on Friday along with his son Subhrangshu, four...

Kolkata: The BJP’s all-India vice-president and MLA Mukul Roy rejoined the Trinamool Congress on Friday along with his son Subhrangshu, four years after deserting the TMC for the saffron party.

The Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, who was present at Trinamool Bhavan during the meeting to induct Roy back into the party fold, said that more people from the BJP will join the TMC. Roy and his son were welcomed back into the Trinamool by its all-India general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.

“Mukul (Roy) is our old member and he has come back. He was not in a good condition in the BJP because the party had created pressure on him through agencies. He did not have any mental peace. I was seeing that his health condition had also deteriorated because one cannot stay in the BJP. It is a heartless party and no human being can stay there,” the CM said.

Roy, who had left Trinamool Congress in 2017, said, “I am having a nice feeling now that I am among familiar people again. This has a very homely atmosphere. I am confident that West Bengal will again reach to the top under the leadership of our leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.”

When asked what made him return to the Trinamool, Roy who had been the TMC’s former all-India general secretary said, “I shall not work for the BJP again, so I have come back here.”

Denying having any differences with Roy even when he was in the BJP, Mamata Banerjee said, “Even when he was in the BJP, he never said anything against me or the party. He has always been good with our party leaders. During the elections also he was quiet about our party.”

Hinting that more people from the BJP are likely to join the TMC, the Chief Minister said, “The Trinamool will welcome everybody who is sober and gentle. But there are some who betrayed the party before the elections and badmouthed the Trinamool leaders. They are betrayers and the party will never accept them.”