A Call From PM For BJP's Mukul Roy Amid Buzz About Trinamool 'Gharwapsi'

In the phone call that lasted a few minutes, PM Modi inquired after Mukul Roy's wife's health, said sources, asserting that no politics was discussed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a telephone call this morning to BJP leader Mukul Roy, whose wife is in hospital in Kolkata. The call is significant after Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee visited the hospital last evening. Mukul Roy, among the early and more prominent defectors from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to the BJP, has been feeling neglected and restless, reports say. This, at a time when some new BJP recruits have openly talked about returning to the Trinamool after Mamata Banerjee's landslide victory in state elections. There is speculation that he is upset with his new leadership since another Trinamool-turned-BJP leader, Suvendu Adhikari, was made Leader of Opposition in the state. Reports also suggest he is considering a "gharwapsi" or homecoming to the Trinamool. In the phone call that lasted a few minutes, the Prime Minister inquired after Mr Roy's wife's health, said sources, asserting that no politics was discussed.