TMC youth wing hold protest against Mukul Roy
Within 36 hours of former Trinamool second-in-command Mukul Roy’s first public rally at Rani Rashmoni Avenue where he made serious allegations against the party’s top brass, the north Kolkata youth wing of the party put up a counter rally. Held at the same place in central Kolkata, it saw top party leaders, without naming Mukul, call him ‘gaddar’ (betrayer) and ‘Kalidas’ (one who ends up harming himself).
Senior leaders, including state education minister Partha Chatterjee and state urban development minister Firhad Hakim along with several MLAs and other leaders were present.
State president for the party’s women’s wing and minister of state for health Chandrima Bhattacharya said people who had made their fortune in the party were now foulmouthing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “It is she who picked him up from the dust and sent him to Delhi. He enjoyed the privilege for so many years and now has changed sides to hide his misdeeds thinking that the party at Centre will help. He doesn’t know that the law will take its own course,” Bhattacharya said.
Admitting that the TMC had once been a part of the NDA, Hakim said, “Although we don’t subscribe to their political ideologies, the tie-up was done looking …read more
