Mukul Roy resigns as Rajya Sabha MP

Once the second-in-command in the TMC after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Roy was suspended for six years for "anti-party activities" after he said on September 25 that he would resign from the party after Durga Puja. Photo: PTI

He met the BJP's West Bengal BJP in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya at the residence of Rajya Sabha House Committee chairperson Om Mathur on Monday. Roy had said though the meeting with Vijayvargiya was not scheduled, the BJP leader had asked about his plans. He also met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley last week. (Photo: PTI)

Another theory doing the rounds is that Roy might revive the Nationalist Trinamool Congress or float a new outfit and function as an ally of the BJP by joining the centre's ruling National Democratic Alliance. Poliitcal circles feel Roy might try to rope in some dissident Trinamool leaders to prove his political weight to the BJP. (Photo: PTI)

Amid much speculation that he was eyeing a role in the Bharatiya Janata Party, Roy has met over the past few days BJP heavyweights including Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and its National General Secretary and West Bengal in charge Kailash Vijayvargiya. (Photo: PTI)

Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy on Wednesday submitted his resignation as Rajya Sabha MP to Vice President and RS Chairman Venkaiah Naidu. (Photo: PTI)