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 two-minute conversation between Modi and Roy has triggered political speculation because it came after TMC leader and MP Abhiskek Banerjee made a surprise visit to the hospital on Wednesday evening.
Addressing a press conference at his residence in New Delhi, he said, "What our leaders talked about was submitted to the Election Commission in writing. But the question is who did it (tapping)? Who gave permission for the tapping?"
In a remarkable turn of events on Monday, Mamata Banerjee announced she would contest the upcoming assembly election from Nandigram
KD Singh had been summoned several times in connection with the Alchemist chit-fund case before he was finally arrested on Wednesday.
According to reports in Bengali media, TMC has also given up on its heavyweight youth leader Suvendu Adhikari and has "closed the doors" for him.
