Former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy joins BJP

Former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here.

"Today a veteran public figure and political leader Mukul Roy has joined BJP," Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press



conference.

"Today I have joined BJP and it's my proud privilege to work under PM Modi," ANI quoted Roy, a founder member of the Trinamool Congress, as saying.

He quit the party on September 25 and resigned as the party's Rajya Sabha member on October 11.