Siliguri, Oct 29 (PTI) West Bengal BJP president DilipGhosh today said former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roywas an enterprising leader and his presence could benefit hisparty.
He, however, clarified that the former Rajya Sabha MP orfor that matter any individual was not more important than thesaffron organisation.
Addressing district-level party leaders at a meetinghere, the state BJP chief said: "The BJP would benefit if Royjoins the party. But he is not a factor for the party as hewas for the TMC."Anybody who joins the BJP would have to follow certainrules and regulations, he added.
Ghosh had on a previous occasion lauded Roy as a "goodorganiser" and said he had made a "big contribution" to thegrowth of the TMC in Bengal.
The indication that Roy was likely to join the saffronparty came when organisers of the BJP national secretary RahulSinha's birthday party on October 25, invited him.
Roy, who was once the second-in-command in the TMC afterits chief Mamata Banerjee, this month resigned from the RajyaSabha and quit the party.
He had described the BJP as a non-communal party and saidthat the TMC would not have tasted success without the backingof the saffron outfit at the national level during its initialyears.
The TMC suspended him for six years alleging that he hadindulged in "anti-party activities" as soon as he announcedthat he would quit the party.
Ghosh also claimed that with the BJP becoming the mainopposition party in West Bengal, the TMC was allegedlypursuing "vendetta politics".
The saffron party workers were being arrested on "false"charges and killed, he said.
The BJP leader also asserted that his party would formthe next government in the state. PTI COR MM RMSABH.
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