Mukul Roy claims 107 West Bengal MLAs from CPM, Congress, and TMC will join BJP

Last month, TMC MLAs from Noapara and Bongaon, Sunil Singh and Biswajit Das, joined the BJP. On May 28, the BJP welcomed into its fold three Bengal MLAs, including Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu Roy, and over 60 councillors, a majority from the TMC.

Besides Roy, the MLAs who had joined BJP were Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya, who had crossed over to the TMC from Congress, and, Debendra Nath Roy of CPM. A day later, another TMC MLA Monirul Islam joined the saffron party.

However, five TMC councillors from Kanchrapara municipality, who had defected to BJP on May 28, returned to the ruling party Thursday. Nine more returned on Saturday.

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Mukul Roy, himself a TMC turncoat, is believed to be instrumental in the outstanding victory of the BJP in Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections. Once considered to be the second-in-command of the Trinamool Congress, Roy joined the BJP in 2017 after a fallout with party supremo Mamata Banerjee.