BJP May Go To Court For Trinamool's Mukul Roy's Disqualification As BJP MLA

Suvendu Adhikari met the assembly Speaker this afternoon for the first hearing of his petition, seeking action against Mukul Roy who won the state elections on a BJP ticket and then joined the Trinamool

Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly, on Friday said that he will go to court to seek the disqualification of Mukul Roy as BJP MLA under the anti-defection law. Mr Adhikari met the assembly Speaker, Biman Bandopadhyay, this afternoon for the first hearing of his petition, filed mid-June, seeking action against Mukul Roy who fought the state elections on a BJP ticket, won and then joined the Trinamool on June 11 in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. "Given our past experience, the anti-defection law is never implemented in this assembly. Someone was elected on a BJP ticket and the Trinamool has made him a PAC chairman. So, we have made up our minds to take the matter to court. On the basis of documents, the anti-defection law implemented in the whole country should also be implemented here. We want the matter to be heard quickly and decided as well," he said. The speaker has set July 30 for the next hearing. The BJP may go to court before that date.