Kolkata: Former BJP National Vice President and senior Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy, has been appointed the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee on Friday by West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker Biman Bandapadhyay. Roy had filled up for the post on Wednesday.
However, soon after his appointment as the PAC Chairman, the BJP led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari walked out of the assembly as a show of protest against Roy's appointment.
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Mukul Roy was earlier elected member of the Committee in June. Following the development, TMC had declared that it will back Roy for the post of chairman of the PAC.
According to protocols the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed from the opposition.
Stating the above, Adhikari slammed the TMC as he went on to say that TMC is misusing its power and trying to hide faults in the financial situation by making Mukul Roy the chairperson.
He further accused the TMC government of not appointing PAC chairperson from the opposition claiming this to be a first time in history ever.
Having won the elections on BJP ticket, he still stands to be an elected MLA from the Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly Constituency. Despite joining back to the TMC, he hasn't resigned from the BJP.
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The BJP earlier had written to the speaker of the Assembly seeking his disqualification as MLA.
Roy together with his son Subhrangshu Roy, had switched back to the TMC from the BJP post the former's win in the West Bengal Assembly elections last month.
An aide to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for years, he had joined the BJP in 2017 following which he was made the National Vice President of the Party.