Veteran TMC chief Mukul Roy, who stored the political pundits guessing over his subsequent move, on Tuesday night time stated he’s nevertheless a BJP legislator and would love to satisfy Union Home Minister Amit Shah as he’s eager on returning to the birthday birthday celebration.
Mr Roy, who on Monday night time travelled to New Delhi for “a few private work”, while his own circle of relatives to start with claimed that he changed into “missing”, handiest to later accuse the BJP of indulging in grimy politics the use of the TMC chief who’s ill and now no longer withinside the “proper body of mind”.
“I am a BJP legislator. I need to be with the BJP. The birthday birthday celebration has made preparations for my live here. I need to satisfy Amit Shah and communicate to (birthday birthday celebration president) J P Nadda,” he informed a Bengali information channel past due on Tuesday night.
The founding member of the TMC switched to the BJP in 2017. He received as a BJP candidate withinside the 2011 West Bengal meeting election. He, however, again to the Trinamool Congress quickly after with out resigning from the House.
“I changed into now no longer retaining properly for pretty a few time, so I changed into farfar from politics. But proper now, I am first-class and might once more be lively in politics,” Mr Roy stated.
He stated he’s “a hundred in keeping with cent assured that he might by no means be related to the TMC”.
Mr Roy additionally had a chunk of recommendation for his son Subharanghsu. “He too must be a part of the BJP as it might in shape him best,” he stated.
The drama over Mr Roy`s whereabouts advanced considering past due Monday night whilst the own circle of relatives individuals of the TMC chief claimed he changed into “untraceable”.
After attaining Delhi remaining night time, Mr Roy informed newshounds that he reached the countrywide capital however had “no precise agenda”.
“I even have come to Delhi. There is not anything precise agenda. I had been an MP for numerous years. Can I now no longer come to Delhi? Earlier, I used to return back to Delhi regularly. I am an MLA and MP of Delhi,” he had stated.
The former railway minister’s son Subhrangshu had informed PTI that his father changed into “untraceable” and “missing” considering past due Monday night.
As there has been hypothesis that Mr Roy may want to rejoin the BJP, Subhrangshu, who too had switched over, stated his father is “extraordinarily ill” and suffers from “dementia and Parkinson’s disease”.
“My father isn’t always withinside the proper body of mind. I might request all people now no longer to do politics with an ill person. After he went missing, I had additionally filed a police criticism remaining night time,” he informed newshounds.
Mr Roy’s son additionally claimed that his father had undergone “mind surgery” remaining month and did not recognize even own circle of relatives individuals and near associates.
Subhrangshu claimed whilst he got here to understand on Monday night time that the TMC chief changed into touring to Delhi through air, he had asked the government to de-board him, however through then, “the flight had taken off”.
“The leader minister herself had referred to as as much as inquire approximately my father’s properly-being,” Subhrangshu, who too had again to the TMC in 2021 alongside together along with his father, stated.
Speculations over Mr Roy rejoining the BJP received momentum after BJP countrywide secretary Anupam Hazra made a cryptic unmarried phrase Facebook post: “Comeback”.
When contacted through a information channel, Hazra stated, “It’s time to attend and watch. Please look ahead to one or days; the whole thing can be clean very quickly”.
Reacting to Hazra’s comments, Subhranghsu stated it changed into an try and malign the TMC and its countrywide trendy secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
“This is shameful that a few human beings have stooped so low and are doing politics over my father’s go to to New Delhi. This is an try and malign the TMC and our birthday birthday celebration’s countrywide trendy secretary Abhishek Banerjee,” he stated.
State parliamentary affairs minister and TMC chief Sovandeb Chattopadhyay accused the BJP of indulging in grimy politics.
“I even have acknowledged Mukul Roy for the remaining numerous decades. He is so sick that he does not recognize human beings and can not whole a sentence properly. Now If the BJP desires to pursue politics through the use of an ill person, we condemn such grimy politics,” he stated.
Senior BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari, however, stated that the saffron camp isn’t always fascinated in “inducting Mr Roy returned into the birthday birthday celebration.” Meanwhile, the Airport police station below the Bidhannagar police commissionerate wondered Pijush Kanodia, a BJP chief and as soon as a near partner of Mukul Roy, at some point of his stint withinside the saffron camp.
“Following a criticism of Mukul Roy’s son, we’ve wondered one neighborhood chief of South Dum Dum for his alleged involvement withinside the matter. We have additionally despatched more than one officials to New Delhi to discover what has happened,” a senior police professional stated.
Mr Roy joined the BJP in 2017 following variations with the TMC leadership. He changed into made BJP countrywide vice chairman in 2020.
He received from the Krishnanagar North meeting seat on a BJP price price tag in 2021 and again to the TMC only a month after the outcomes have been announced, complaining of “sick-treatment” through the saffron birthday birthday celebration. He, however, did not surrender as an MLA.
Since his go back to the TMC, he has remained farfar from the general public glare.
Mr Roy additionally resigned because the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee withinside the West Bengal meeting remaining year, mentioning sick health.
