Mukul Roy made Public Accounts Committee chief

Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mukul Roy was on Friday appointed chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee within the West Bengal Assembly by Speaker Biman Banerjee.

The veteran politician, who bagged the Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly seat on a BJP ticket, joined the Trinamool Congress on June 11.

The Speaker made the announcement within the House on the final day of its Budget session. Soon after the announcement, BJP members, led by Suvendu Adhikari, protested and walked out.

Mr. Adhikari mentioned that as per norms, an MLA from the Opposition is appointed because the chairperson of the committee. “ This government does not conduct audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General. It wants to spend and does not want anyone to know where it is spending the money,” he alleged. The Calcutta High Court needed to direct investigation in irregularities in Amphan cyclone aid, he acknowledged.

‘Nothing wrong’

Senior Minister and TMC chief Subrata Mukherjee mentioned that formally Mr. Roy is a BJP MLA and there was nothing improper in his appointment as PAC chief.

Last month, the Speaker named 20 legislators as members of the committee, together with Mr. Roy. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had given clear hints that the TMC will help him for the important thing submit. She had mentioned he’s a BJP MLA, and if required, it’s prepared for voting on the difficulty within the House.

Mr. Roy was one of many founding members of the TMC. Before returning to it, he was with the BJP for greater than three and a half years and appointed its nationwide vice-president.

FIR in opposition to Suvendu

In one other growth, the police registered an FIR in opposition to Mr. Adhikari in reference to the demise of his safety guard, Shubhabrata Chakraborty, in 2018. The relations of Mr. Chakraborty mentioned they might not method the police three years in the past as Mr. Adhikari was a Minister.