pac: BJP to boycott as Mukul Roy seeks to chair PAC meeting

Public Accounts Committee chairman Mukul Roy is more likely to chair the PAC meet on November 23, regardless of chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari shifting the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom citing the anti-defection legislation and one other BJP MLA searching for the cancellation of Roy’s election as an MLA.

Mukul Roy, after his extended ailment, visited meeting Speaker Biman Banerjee on Wednesday, and reportedly advised him that he’ll chair the PAC assembly on November 23, sources stated.

Suvendu Adhikari has made it clear that the BJP won’t take part within the PAC conferences. “Except we get the PAC chairman’s put up, we won’t take part in any PAC conferences,” BJP chief whip Manoj Tigga advised ET. He stated BJP has not participated in any PAC conferences until date.

In the meantime, Suvendu Adhikari had moved court docket over the implementation of anti-defection legislation in reference to Mukul Roy’s defection to the Trinamool Congress. BJP MLA Ambika Roy had moved HC searching for the cancellation of Mukul Roy’s MLA put up.

Rao had joined the Trinamool Congress within the presence of social gathering chief Mamata Banerjee after the Trinamool Congress gained with an enormous majority within the meeting polls.

The PAC chairman’s put up is usually held by the Opposition. However, the opposition BJP in West Bengal meeting is disgruntled over not getting PAC chairmanship.

A bench, comprising performing chief justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj, had on September 28 directed the Speaker to take a call on Mukul Roy’s PAC chairmanship by October 7. After that, Speaker Biman Banerjee moved the Supreme Courtroom.

Mukul Roy had gained on a BJP ticket from Krishnanagar (North) meeting constituency seat and was nominated for the PAC chairmanship by the Speaker.