KOLKATA: Sitting beside Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday, Mukul Roy made it clear that he couldn’t proceed in BJP and that’s the reason he determined to return to his previous get together. The BJP’s nationwide vice-president, who ended his three-year and nine-month stint within the saffron camp, mentioned he would subject an announcement on what made him stop.
“It was not potential to proceed within the BJP. I’ve returned to my previous place. I’ll let all the pieces be identified in a written assertion, elaborating why I took this resolution,” mentioned Roy. Welcoming Roy again into the fold, Mamata mentioned: “He was sad in BJP. Additionally, he was not bodily nicely.’’
BJP functionaries in Bengal, who had adopted Roy into the saffron get together, mentioned he was sidelined and left as nothing greater than an MLA in Bengal’s political panorama. “Variations between Roy and (BJP’s state president) Dilip Ghosh grew to become distinguished on a number of events. He performed an important position within the get together’s spectacular efficiency within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections once we received 18 of 42 seats.
However he was not given any organisational duty in Bengal. The nationwide vice-president submit was a decorative designation. He had no stake within the get together’s electoral technique earlier than the Meeting elections,’’ mentioned a BJP chief near Roy.
Roy’s unhappiness grew to become clear after the Meeting election outcomes. He skipped two conferences convened by Ghosh. Requested about that, Roy had mentioned he was not knowledgeable about these conferences. Identified for his ability in managing elections, Mamata’s one-trusted aide was not optimally utilized by BJP within the high-octane polls.
“As a substitute, they fielded him in a constituency (Krishnagar North) which is way away from his hometown and never a spot of his affect. It was principally geared toward confining him to the constituency from the place he contested and received,” mentioned the BJP chief.
