Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Tapas Roy on Wednesday joined the BJP within the presence of West Bengal LoP and BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari days after resigning from the TMC over the Sandeshkhali concern.
Expressing his displeasure over the functioning of the get together, he stated that he was apprehensive in regards to the method during which the difficulty was addressed by the get together.
Roy, submitting his resignation as an MLA to the Meeting Speaker, stated that he’s now a free chicken. In his resignation, he additionally talked about that he was disillusioned by the get together’s functioning within the State.
Explaining his resignation, Roy stated that he was fed up with so many allegations of corruption levelled towards the TMC and the federal government. Secondly, he doesn’t help the best way the Sandeshkhali concern has been dealt with, Roy informed the media.
The previous TMC chief additionally expressed that get together management didn’t help him when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided his residence in central Kolkata in January within the civic physique recruitment case.
Earlier on his resignation, the West Bengal BJP MLA Adhikari had stated that Roy is a really senior chief of the State and he’s an ex-minister and has been a 4-5 time MLA. Welcoming Roy’s determination, he stated that if Roy makes a request to hitch the BJP, the get together will think about it.
TMC MP Shantanu Sen stated TMC gave him all of the posts attainable, and he backstabbed the get together. He has no ideology or precept, Sen additional stated. He ran away in worry of an ED raid, or they should have supplied him one thing massive, the TMC chief charged. Roy surrendered himself to the BJP and the individuals of Bengal is not going to forgive him for this, Sen added.
In the meantime, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier slammed the BJP for making makes an attempt to defame the State and arrest leaders of TMC. The get together supremo stated the businesses declare that the BJP has instructed them to arrest TMC leaders. She additionally accused the BJP of sending the ED officers forcefully to Bengal.