Highlights 1 There has always been a threat to my life: Roy2 Roy recently joined the BJP3 He was once a confidante of Mamata Banerjee'sWithin two days of joining the BJP, former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mukul Roy has been given Y+ category security. Roy had Z+ category security until last month, when he resigned from the TMC - and ceased to be a Rajya Sabha MP. "There has always been a threat to my life and this why the state government had given me Z+ category protection," Roy told India Today. "The Central Government too has considered the level of threat perception, hence (it) has alloted (me) the Y+ category security." ALSO WATCH | Mukul Roy resigns as Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP

Source: India Today November 04, 2017 20:15 UTC