TMC suspends BJP leader Mukul Roy's son: Subhrangshu to follow in father's footsteps, join saffron party for 'new innings'

Kalyani: Suspended TMC MLA Subhrangshu Roy on Friday said he would join the BJP within a few days, a “new innings” in which he will be able to “breath freely”. The Trinamool Congress earlier in the day suspended Roy for six years for anti-party comments. Subhrangshu, the TMC legislator from Bijpur, is the son of BJP leader Mukul Roy. “Now, I will breath freely. Many in the TMC feel suffocated,” he said, claiming that several others from the party will “follow his footsteps”. [caption id=“attachment_6699231” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu Roy. Twitter/@AzizulRahaman1[/caption] “My father has advised me to be careful, as I may be implicated in a false criminal case, or may be attacked… I will join the BJP within two to three days,” Subhrangshu said. At an earlier press conference, he said he was keen to start a new innings. Subhrangshu also said he did not get due respect in the TMC. “Now, I only want peace in Bengal,” the two-time MLA from Bijpur assembly constituency, which is part of the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat, said. He hailed his father’s organisational skills and said he had tried to give a lead to his party from his assembly segment, but failed to do so as his father was a better organisational player than him. “Today, I have no qualms in accepting that I have lost to my father. He is a real Chanakya of Bengal politics. Our party has lost and people voted against us. We should accept it,” Subhrangshu said. Mukul Roy, once considered to be the second-in-command of the Trinamool Congress, joined the BJP in November 2017 after a fallout with party supremo Mamata Banerjee. He is being credited for the stellar show of the BJP in Bengal in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections.