TMC MP Mukul Roy submits resignation to VP Naidu. Is he joining the BJP?

Mukul Roy was suspended from Mamata Banerjee's TMC for "anti-party activities" on September 25, after he said he'd resign from the Rajya Sabha and give up primary membership of the party after Durga Puja.

IndiaToday.in  | Posted by Ganesh Kumar Radha Udayakumar
New Delhi, October 11, 2017 | UPDATED 16:33 IST

Highlights

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    There's speculation that Roy could join the BJP
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    He said yesterday that he'd always been comfortable talking to BJP leaders
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    He has been reaching out grass-roots leaders in the TMC

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mukul Roy submitted his resignation to Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu today, three days after meeting West Bengal BJP President Kailash Vijayvargiya.

Roy, 63, was suspended from Mamata Banerjee's TMC for "anti-party activities" on September 25, hours after he  announced that he would resign from the Rajya Sabha and give up primary membership of the party after Durga Puja.

There is speculation that Roy could join the BJP, which has never governed West Bengal.

On Wednesay, Roy told the news agency PTI that he'd always been "very comfortable" talking to BJP leaders.

A report published last Tuesday said Roy was reaching out to TMC workers and leaders at the grass-roots level, in addition to meeting right-wing leaders.