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While addressing the first BJP rally after Joining BJP former TMC leader Mukul Roy accused Mamata Banerjee and her party of having turned itself into a “private limited company”. Roy, a former close aide of Mamata Banerjee, said she is no longer the person she used to be 10 years back. One of the founder member of the TMC, Roy was inducted into BJP on November 3. Express photo by Partha Paul.
Wanting Democracy in Bengal, Roy said he has every right to have political freedom TMC local leaders and supporters join BJP at RR avenue during the first BJP rally after Roy joins the party in Kolkata. Express photo by Partha Paul.
The TMC, on the other hand, charged Roy with making "false statements", and said he was the "managing director" of the party, which he is now dubbing as a company, until some time back. Express photo by Partha Paul.
Mukul Roy addressing at a gathering during the first BJP rally after he joins the party ,in Kolkata on November 10,2017. Express photo by Partha Paul.
Roy also announced the victory of his new party– BJP, in the 2019 polls, saying “there will come a change”. “There will come a change. BJP will come into power in Bengal in 2019,” Roy was quoted by ANI as saying while addressing a public gathering in Kolkata. He had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and quit TMC earlier this month following differences with Mamata Banerjee. Express photo by Partha Paul.
