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Suvendu Adhikari goes after Mukul Roy with anti-defection law and case looks weak for Mukul Roy

What West Bengal lacked under Mamata Banerjee’s regime is a solid opposition that keeps the ruling regime on its toes. Mamata Banerjee will face opposition throughout her tenure – with the BJP winning 77 seats in the state, and things will not be as good as they were for her since 2011. Perhaps, Mukul Roy was not there before jumping into TMC, calculate the effect of his move. Now the full force of the Bengal BJP is descending on him, and the saffron party is demanding the disqualification of Roy from his MLA post under the anti-defection law. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari had earlier given 48 to Mukul Roy. Hours to resign as MLA of Krishnanagar North Assembly Constituency. In response, Roy said that he would not step down from the post of MLA. Now, Suvendu Adhikari and the Bengal BJP are going full-on in their attempt to disqualify Mukul Roy as an MLA – as he jumped from the BJP to the TMC as an MLA. The anti-defection law applies to them, and the Bengal state unit of the BJP accordingly has the backing of the governor. “As the constitutional head of the state, let me make it clear that the anti-defection law is in full force in Bengal. It is applicable here as in other parts of the country too,” Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had said in response to the letter submitted to him by the BJP MLAs. Thereafter, Suvendu Adhikari told the Governor that “breaking-up is part of TMC. Dirty politics. They have been doing this for the last 10 years and no one opposed it. But right now it is being opposed and action will be taken under the anti-defection law. in latest news, Suvendu Adhikari has sent a petition to the Speaker of the Assembly seeking disqualification of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy as MLA from Krishnanagar North constituency. The Bengal BJP camp was preparing to send a petition seeking disqualification of Mukul Roy from Thursday. Krishnanagar North as MLA and had consulted his lawyers for this purpose. BJP Chief Whip Manoj Tigga on Friday submitted a petition to Biman Banerjee. According to Times Now, it is learned that BJP is also ready to go to court against Mukul Roy. The newly inducted TMC leaders are now in trouble, and their case is at their weakest. If the Speaker succumbs to TMC pressure and does not disqualify Mukul Roy, So BJP is ready to wage a legal battle against Roy and TMC. Interestingly, Suvendu Adhikari is leading the fight against Mukul Roy – a clear statement from the BJP that Mamata’s right hand is now the face of the saffron party in erstwhile West Bengal.