Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the passing of former union Minister Mukul Roy, remembering him as a committed political leader with strong organisational abilities and deep grassroots connect.
In a message shared on social media platform X, the Prime Minister extended his condolences to Roy’s family and well-wishers.
A key architect of Trinamool’s rise and later a pivotal BJP strategist in Bengal, Mukul Roy’s political journey saw dramatic shifts before his death at 71.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a recent judgment of the Calcutta High Court which had disqualified the lawmaker Mukul Roy from the membership of the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly on the ground that he had defected from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the ruling All India Trinamul Congress (TMC) in 2021.
The West Bengal Assembly secretariat has begun exploring legal options to challenge last week’s Calcutta High Court Division Bench ruling that struck down the Assembly membership of Mukul Roy.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disqualified senior political leader Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for violating the anti-defection law.
The condition of the veteran politician Mukul Roy is still critical though there has been a slight improvement in his health status, according to doctors attending to him at the premier private hospital where he has been undergoing treatment since Thursday.
However, days after the results were announced, Roy on June 11, 2021, went to the Trinamul Congress headquarters in Kolkata
The CPI-M leader Sujan Chakraborty asked why is Roy still holding the PAC chairman’s post when his own party’s lawmakers are claiming that he lacks mental balance. “Is he kept in the position to help in financial corruption through certain exchanges?” he questioned.
The bench noted that there are so many cases where there is delay by the Speaker, and the court is often told to stay away and allow the Speaker to decide.
