Mukul Roy appointment: Eight BJP MLAs resign from WB Assembly panels

Will approach President to highlight how rules are being violated in the House, says Suvendu Adhikari

Eight BJP MLAs on Tuesday resigned as heads of various panels of the West Bengal Assembly in protest against Mukul Roy’s appointment as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Speaker Biman Banerjee said he will look into the resignations. Mr. Roy, who won the Assembly polls on the BJP ticket and joined the Trinamool Congress, was appointed to the post on July 9. Mihir Goswami, Manoj Tigga, Krishna Kalyani and Anandmoy Barman were some of the MLAs who resigned. During the day, a number of BJP MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and submitted a memorandum alleging irregularities in the appointment of the PAC chairman.