Team News Riveting
Kolkata, March 29
The BJP candidate for Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, Arjun Singh, on Friday visited Trinamool Congress (TMC) veteran Mukul Roy and sought his blessings for the polls.
Roy, who is suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease, has been inactive in politics. He does not hold any portfolio. Singh and Roy had earlier worked together in the TMC.
Singh has recently quit the TMC and returned to the BJP. He had joined the saffron camp before the 2019 polls after leaving the ruling party in the state.
In a X post, he said he respects Roy and hence, sought his blessings for the elections. Singh said Roy recognised him and wished him luck, while he wished a long life for the TMC veteran.
Roy had served as the Railway Minister and Minister of State in the Shipping Ministry in the second UPA government, of which the TMC headed by Mamata Banerjee was a part. He quit the TMC in 2017 due to disagreements with the party leadership and joined the BJP. He later returned to the ruling party in the state in 2021.
Singh had also recently visited former CPI(M) MP of Barrackpore Tarit Baran Topdar, at his residence. The BJP candidate acknowledged his contributions to the development of Barrackpore. The TMC candidate from the constituency, Partha Bhowmick, had also called on Topdar.
The CPI(M) leader was an influential politician in the jute industrial belt and still enjoyed clout among a section.
