Mukul Roy set to return to TMC after meeting West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee - Mukul Roy had joined the BJP in November 2017. However, over the past few days, Roy has been distancing himself from the saffron party.
While there have been rumours about Mukul Roy's growing dissatisfaction with his current party BJP, neither Roy, BJP nor TMC has officially commented about the possible switch
Mukul Roy after joining TMC
NEW DELHI: BJP national vice president Mukul Roy’s return to Trinamool Congress evoked mixed reactions from the saffron brigade on Friday. While some senior leaders chose to ignore the blow on the party, there were those who called him a traitor.
Roy who was a close aide of West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, till he left and joined BJP in 2017, may have been a prized catch by BJP central leadership which was trying hard to establish the spread of party in the state. But, the state unit of the party had not really welcomed him with open arms as they were sidelined to some extent by the central leaders, who needed to break into TMC bastion with the help of Roy’s acumen and grip on the ground. There were many who had been unhappy and apprehensive about his entry into BJP as Roy was the main target for BJP to malign TMC for corruption for his links to the Sharada and Narada scams.
Trinamool Congress reshuffle: MP Abhishek Banerjee elevated to national general secretary's post - A major organisational reshuffle was announced by the ruling party in West Bengal, where the TMC endorsed the "one person one post" strategy.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 5 (ANI): Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who played an instrumental role in Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' returning to power in West Bengal after a victorious assembly election, remained present in the party's organisational meeting in Kolkata on Saturday, said sources.