If proposal comes from Mukul Roy, will consult with state leaders about his inclusion: Kailash Vijayvargiya
If Mukul Roy proposes to join the BJP, a decision will be taken after discussions with the party’s West Bengal leaders, a BJP leader today said after Roy announced that he will quit Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Amid speculation over Roy joining the BJP, Kailash Vijayvargiya, the party national general secretary who is in- charge of West Bengal, said “no such proposal” has come from Roy as yet. “Mukul Roy is free to take any decision. We have not got any proposal from him yet. If any proposal comes, we will discuss with the state leaders before taking any decision on him,” Vijayvargiya told PTI. Roy today announced he would resign as Rajya Sabha MP as well as from the Trinamool’s primary membership after Durga Puja following which the party suspended him for six years.
The TMC had last week censured Roy for allegedly hobnobbing with BJP leaders. Top BJP leaders from West Bengal, who are in Delhi for the party’s national executive meet, claimed that Roy’s exit will certainly “split” the ruling party in West Bengal. Talking to PTI, Rahul Sinha, BJP national secretary and a prominent state leader, said since Roy was one of the founding members of …read more
