BJP leaders 'close to' Mukul Roy fuel speculation of possible exodus from party

After three BJP MLAs and one MP skipped Bengal party unit president Dilip Ghosh's meeting, another BJP leader from the North 24 Parganas district has fuelled speculation of a possible exodus from the party.

A day after three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs skipped West Bengal party unit president Dilip Ghosh's meeting in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas, another BJP leader from the district has fuelled speculations about his possible defection to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). "Mukul Roy is a leader of great stature. He left BJP to join TMC again. This will surely harm our party," former TMC MLA from Noapara Sunil Singh, who later joined the saffron camp, said on Saturday. READ: Rumour mills buzz as Mukul Roy, Shamik Bhattacharya & Rajib Banerjee skip Bengal BJP meet