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.
Speculation has been rife after Mr Roy left Delhi during a three-day meeting with the central leadership that as meant to chalk out a strategy for the 2021 Assembly elections in the state.
The senior BJP leader said that till date the West Bengal government did not send any list to the Central government for the farmers' schemes.
The court granted the bail to anticipatory bail plea with the condition that Roy will not enter Labhpur, Bolpur and Santiniketan police stations till further order and will surrender in four weeks and pray for permanent bail.
“None of the West Bengal, Kerala and Rajashthan governments can defy the Centre and refuse to implement CAA, National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens(NRC),” he said.
“The CAA is a central act which will be implemented across in West Bengal she could resist if she can”, he said.
