BJP's Soumen Roy joins TMC as exodus continues, 4th MLA to quit party after polls

On the day the bypolls dates in West Bengal were announced by the Election Commission, BJP’s MLA Soumen Roy on Saturday returned to the ruling TMC. Roy said he was sorry for having quit the state party two years ago.

Joining the TMC in the presence of party secretary-general Partha Chatterjee, Roy said he was not comfortable in the BJP camp and that he wanted to take part in the development initiatives by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Roy who was elected from Kaliaganj in the April-May assembly poll is the fourth BJP MLA to have quit the party. BJP's strength in the 294-member House is now 71.

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Earlier BJP national vice-president Mukul Roy had returned to TMC with son Subhransu in May days after being elected on the saffron party ticket from Krishnanagar South seat. He was followed by three more TMC turncoats