Photo: Hindustan TimesKolkata: Capping months of speculation, Mukul Roy, one of the founders of the Trinamool Congress, on Friday announced he was joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Roy had on 25 September announced he would quit the Trinamool Congress and step down as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The BJP isn’t a communal force that the Trinamool Congress claims it is, Roy said. He was the key to the Trinamool Congress seizing power in West Bengal in 2011, he added. However, a senior leader said that after fielding Roy, BJP has no option but to give up its campaign against the Trinamool Congress for corruption.

Source: Mint November 03, 2017 13:58 UTC