Mukul Roy returns to Kolkata after joining BJP, calls Dilip Ghosh as his captain in West Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IBNS): Days after joining the BJP in New Delhi, former Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Monday visited Kolkata.
Mukul Roy called state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh as his captain in West Bengal.
"I will work under the leadership of Dilip Ghosh," Roy said while addressing a press conference.
"I received warm welcome from the BJP," he said.
Roy said BJP will provide the alternative which people in West Bengal are searching for.
He said the BJP is today "close to achieving its target" of emerging as the alternative to govern West Bengal which is currently ruled by the Trinamool Congress.
Roy joined the BJP on Friday.
The Trinamool Congress in September suspended former Railway Minister Mukul Roy for six years for 'anti party activities'.
Roy, one of the founding leaders of the Trinamool Congress, had long been regarded the second-in-command of the party after Mamata Banerjee and the architect of TMC's organisational and electoral success in the state.
However, he fell from the grace of Banerjee following his interrogation by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore Sarada chit fund scam.
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