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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Debashis Konar | TNN

Bengal speaker junks Suvendu plea, says Mukul Roy a BJP MLA

KOLKATA: Turning down leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's petition seeking Mukul Roy's disqualification, Bengal assembly speaker Biman Banerjee on Wednesday ruled that the latter continued to be a BJP MLA.

Banerjee said he heard the opposing parties and discussed the evidence, including digital, presented by both sides. The speaker opined in a 53-page order that Roy had not quit BJP. Adhikari said he would move court against the order.

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