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Former Lieutenant Of Mamata, Mukul Roy Joins BJP
Swarajya Staff
Nov 03, 2017, 05:53 PM | Updated 05:53 PM IST
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Former Trinamool Congress strongman and Mamata Banerjee’s lieutenant Mukul Roy joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today (3 November).
Former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy reaches BJP Headquarter in Delhi pic.twitter.com/PovfdByyRS
— ANI (@ANI) November 3, 2017
Roy – who at one point in time was Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s right-hand man – was sidelined by her and other party leaders in favour of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee. He announced his resignation from the party in late September before resigning from the Rajya Sabha a month later.
He arrived at the BJP headquarters at Ashoka Road in New Delhi to today to formally join the party. He had earlier dismissed rumours that he had plans to float a political outfit of his own.
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