West Bengal: Mukul Roy dispels rumours, says he will continue to be a ‘soldier’ of BJP

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Bengal BJP leader Mukul Roy has dispelled rumours that he is moving back to the Trinamool Congress following the party’s defeat in the assembly elections. Mukul Roy said that he will “continue as a soldier of BJP to restore democracy in our state.”

https://twitter.com/MukulR_Official/status/1390946966427734018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

There were rumours doing the rounds that Mukul Roy, who had earlier dumped TMC to join the BJP, will move back to Mamata Banerjee’s party after the defeat. However, he says that the “concoctions and conjectures” should be put to rest.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsMedi/status/1390936139037515779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Cryptic tweets had been making the rounds suggesting that “turncoats” may be on their way back to the Trinamool Congress.

https://twitter.com/payalmehta100/status/1390934082201079810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The BJP suffered a severe defeat in the West Bengal Assembly Elections with Mamata Banerjee winning 213 seats in the 294 seat assembly. Post-poll violence has erupted in the state ever since trends showed a TMC victory.

OpIndia Staff: Staff reporter at OpIndia