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Topic: Mukul Roy

‘Personal decision, he is still a BJP MLA’, says Mamata on Mukul Roy’s trip to Delhi

Day after Delhi trip caused a stir with his son even filing a missing complaint, Mukul Roy said he was 'always with BJP'. He had quit BJP & returned to TMC after 2021 assembly polls.

Curious case of Mukul Roy: TMC leader ‘disappears’ & surfaces in Delhi, sparks buzz about ‘return to BJP’

After filing missing complaint Monday night, Subrangshu Roy claims he learnt from media that his father was heading to Delhi. Adds that Roy is unwell unwell & suffers from dementia.

8 BJP MLAs quit as heads of House panel protest over Mukul Roy’s appointment as PAC chief

Led by Suvendu Adhikari, the eight MLAs, later visited Raj Bhavan to apprise Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of the 'blatant violation of democratic norms by the ruling party'.

Mamata backs Mukul Roy for Bengal Public Accounts Committee membership amid faceoff with BJP

BJP submitted a petition to state assembly speaker demanding disqualification of Roy under the anti-defection law since he was yet to resign from the party before switching sides.

Centre withdraws Z-category VIP security cover of West Bengal MLA Mukul Roy

Roy had last week rejoined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC along with his son Subhrangshu in Kolkata, after he initially quit TMC and had joined BJP in 2017.

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Mukul Roy’s return to TMC makes no difference to BJP, says Dilip Ghosh

Ghosh said he was not sure if BJP would lose anything from Roy's decision, given that he was 'unsure whether we gained anything' from his entry 3 and half years ago.

Mukul Roy a family member, not traitor, says Mamata after he returns to Trinamool from BJP

Mukul Roy rejoins Trinamool in presence of CM Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek, says 'I could not continue in BJP, I will never do it again'.

How BJP is using Mamata’s ‘outsider’ jibe to pit Bengali vs non-Bengali & pull the votes

The BJP is banking on non-Bengali votes in more than 30 constituencies across Asansol, Durgapur, North 24 Parganas, Kharagpur, Howrah and some parts surrounding Kolkata.

BJP drops ex-CEA Lahiri as Alipurduar candidate after protest, picks leader who led agitation

In its list of candidates for 156 seats in Bengal, BJP has fielded 8 Muslim candidates in Muslim-majority seats of Dinajpur and Murshidabad districts.

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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.