Kolkata: These days, senior TMC leader Mukul Roy is in the news. He has been continuously expressing his desire to join the Bharatiya Janata Party and meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Mamta Banerjee's statement has also come on this matter. She has said that she knows that Mukul Roy is a BJP MLA.

In fact, Mukul Roy said in a discussion with a news channel on Tuesday evening that I was and still am a BJP MLA and that I want to be with the BJP. The party has also made arrangements for my stay here. I want to meet Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda. On the question of resigning from TMC, Roy said that the question of resigning from TMC does not arise. I am not even a member of TMC. I have already resigned from the party. I was always with the BJP. If BJP gives me work, I will always be with it. Mukul Roy said, in response to the allegations of his son Shubhranshu Roy, that yes, it is true that my health was not good, but now it is improving, so I want to work for the BJP again. On the question of my resignation from TMC, he said that I was not in TMC. I did not resign as a BJP MLA. I have not yet sought time from the top BJP leadership. It totally depends on the BJP whether they will give me time to meet them or not.

On Mukul Roy expressing his desire to join the BJP, West Bengal CM and TMC President Mamata Banerjee said whether one wants to go to Delhi or not, it is entirely the prerogative of that person. But I have heard that his son has alleged that his father (Mukul Roy) has been kidnapped. An FIR has been registered in this connection. I think you must know how the BJP is behaving. At the same time, Mamta Banerjee said that I knew that Mukul Roy was a BJP MLA. They may have been threatened. This is a very small matter. However, with Mukul Roy continuing to express his desire to join the BJP, the party said it was not interested in him.

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