TIL Desk/National/Kolkata/ Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy on Monday announced his resignation from the party and the Rajya Sabha, adding he will formally put in his papers after the Durga Puja break.
When asked he clarified, “After five days I will explain everything.” Mukul Roy is widely known as the next big name in the Trinamool Congress ranks, with him being considered West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s right-hand man. There were recent reports that Roy was in touch with the BJP and may join the saffron brigade soon.
Mukul Roy in a press conference on Monday morning said, “With a heavy heart, I am announcing that I will quit the primary party post of Trinamool Congress and the Rajya Sabha membership. I will formally resign after the Durga Puja break.”
On Saturday, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said the estranged Trinamool Congress leader was in touch with the top leadership of his party, but stopped short of saying whether he would join the BJP. “He (Roy) is a big leader. I am not aware whether he would join the BJP or not. But he is in touch with our leaders in New Delhi,” he said.
