Tag: Mukul Roy

New Delhi: Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy on Wednesday resigned his Rajya Sabha seat and cited “lack of principle” as his compulsion to leave the party of which he was a founding member. He also said that he has not decided on his future plans yet. “A party should have certain principles. Sometimes Trinamool […]

Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy, once the right hand man of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday announced his decision to quit the party. Addressing a press conference here, Roy said he would resign as the TMC’s primary member and also his Rajya Sabha seat after the conclusion of Durga […]

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday effected a series of organisational reshuffles in what is being termed as a move to clip the wings of her one-time second in command Mukul Roy

Claiming that Trinamool Congress would decide the fate of next government at the Centre, party general secretary Mukul Roy on Monday said the Mamata Benerjee-led outfit was all set to emerge as the third largest party after the Lok Sabha elections

Kolkata: The CBI Monday summoned Trinamool Congress general secretary and former railway minister Mukul Roy for questioning in connection with the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam.

The Trinamool Congress Saturday sacked Mukul Roy - once party supremo Mamata Banerjee's second-in-command - as its national general secretary

"Mukul's return proves that the BJP does not let anyone in peace and puts undue pressure on everyone," West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said.

Kolkata: A day after suffering reverses in the Lok Sabha battle, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday suspended its MLA and BJP leader Mukul Roy’s son Shubhrangshu Roy for six years alleging that he was “demeaning the party”. The party cracked the whip hours after Roy junior expressed doubts over whether his party had […]

New Delhi: Three MLAs from West Bengal, including Trinamool Congress-turned-BJP leader Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu Roy, along with more than 60 councillors on Tuesday joined the BJP here in the presence of BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya who said more TMC leaders will join the saffron party soon. The other two MLAs are Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya […]

Kolkata: On a day when two of their MLAs and over 60 councillors joined the BJP, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress leaders on Tuesday termed the development a “minor crisis” and said the party will bounce back in the 2021 Assembly polls. A total of three MLAs including BJP leader Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu Roy […]

Kolkata: An altercation broke out between the police and a group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday when they were stopped from taking bodies of slain party workers to Kolkata. On Saturday, three people were killed in a clash between the Trinamool and BJP workers in […]

Kolkata: Making its first arrest in the Narada sting case 30 months after taking over the probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday took into custody IPS officer S.M.H. Mirza, allegedly shown in the Narada news portal clips accepting Rs 5 lakh from the sting operators. “He has been arrested as part of […]