In March this year, former Trinamool Congress leader Tapas Roy – “frustrated” at his party’s “silence” over raids at his residence by the Enforcement Directorate – quit the TMC and jumped ship to the BJP. But in the run up to the January probe, the BJP itself levelled corruption charges against Roy. After the defection, the investigation has been “stalled”, alleged opposition leaders.
Roy is among the six turncoats across Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal who contested in the phase seven of the Lok Sabha polls. He is also one of three raided by the central agencies.
