Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP and former railway minister Mukul Roy was today suspended from the party for six years for "anti-party activities", TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee said.
Roy, whose relationship with the leadership has been strained of late, said he would give an explanation on why he was leaving the party and why he was "forced to do so" after Durga Puja.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP and former railway minister Mukul Roy was today suspended from the party for six years for "anti-party activities", TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee said.
"He (Roy) has been trying to weaken the party for quite some time. The party's disciplinary committee has discussed the issue and recommended punishment for him to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee," he said.
Shortly after Roy announced that he would tender his resignation from the party's working committee today, Chatterjee told reporters that the Rajya Sabha member had been suspended from the party for six years for "anti-party activities".
Roy also told reporters that he would resign from the Upper House of Parliament and give up the primary membership of the party after Durga Puja.
"If he (Roy) wants to leave, why isn't he leaving now? What is stopping him?" Chatterjee asked.
Earlier today, Roy said he would quit the party's working committee today and resign as Rajya Sabha MP as well as from the party's primary membership after Durga Puja.
"I was one the signatories when the party was founded. I am announcing with a heavy heart that I will resign from the party's working committee today.
"And after the Durga Puja festival, I will resign from the Rajya Sabha and also from the primary membership of the party," Roy said at a press conference.
PTI