Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disqualified senior political leader Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, finding that he violated the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) by joining Trinamool Congress after being elected on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.

A division bench held that Roy had lost his membership when he moved to Trinamool on 11 June 2021 — despite winning the assembly election earlier that year on a BJP ticket. The bench also set aside the decision of the Assembly Speaker, Biman Banerjee, who had declined to disqualify Roy. ADVERTISEMENT

Roy contested the 2021 West Bengal Assembly election as a BJP candidate and was declared winner. On 11 June 2021, he along with his son joined the Trinamool Congress. Following his switch, Roy was appointed ch

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