The Bengal BJP is likely to move the court to seek disqualification of Trinamool Congress MLA Mukul Roy who won the April-May Assembly elections on BJP ticket before moving across to the TMC. Roy a former national vice president of the BJP joined the Trinamool Congress on June 11 and was promptly appointed as its national vice president by Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee.
Subsequently besides demanding his disqualification from the House the BJP has been protesting his appointment as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
“We have raised the issue formally with Speaker Biman Banerjee. The petition was to be heard this week but it has again been postponed … now I am movintg the Calcutta High Court seeking Mr Roy’s disqualification from the House … or for that matter we will also appeal to the High Court to set a date for the completion of the hearing by the Speaker in this matter,” Bengal Oppostion Leader Suvendu Adhikari said.
Meanwhile, Roy is known to written an application to the Speaker seeking an extention of the date of hearing. “Mukul da has asked for month’s time,” a TMC MLA said.