Mamata Banerjee TMC calls Mukul Roy a traitor

"He is a traitor. No one has indulged in such treachery against Mamata Banerjee like him," TMC spokesperson Partha Chatterjee told reporters in Kolkata.

Mukul Roy, a party MP of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) submitted his resignation today. Roy, 63, had said the TMC chooses alliance partners based on political opportunism.

"Why is he speaking out now? What prompted him to keep mum for so long? The day CBI went after him, he felt the need to take refuge with the BJP. He is a traitor. No one has indulged in such treachery against Mamata Banerjee like him," Chatterjee told reporters in Kolkata.

"Our party has been saved with his exit."
Chatterjee denied Roy's claim that Mamata Banerjee had asked him to meet Ashok Singhal, a senior leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

"He says, our party workers are servants. Let me reiterate that all our workers are comrades with Mamata Banerjee as our sole leader. She is our role model and we all try to emulate her," Chatterjee said.