Mukul Roy calls TMC ‘private company’

Kolkata: Newly inducted BJP leader Mukul Roy on Friday accused his former party Trinamool Congress (TMC) of having turned itself into a “private limited company” under the stewardship of Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek.

TMC, on the other hand, charged Mr Roy for making “false statements”, and said he was the “managing director” of the party, which he is now dubbing as a company, until some time back.

Mr Roy, a former close aide of Ms Banerjee, said she is no longer the person she used to be 10 years back.

“I still remember 10 years back, when people were being killed in Nandigram and Singur, CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was busy inaugurating a film festival. Today also when people are dying from dengue, Mamata is busy inaugurating film festival”, Mr Roy. “TMC is no longer All India Trinamool Congress. It has turned into a private limited company,” he said. He said “badla noi, badal chai” (No revenge but change) was the slogan Ms Banerjee gave before the 2011 Assembly polls, but now the cops are detaining political leaders for opposing TMC.