The Supreme Court on Monday, 17 January, said that it expects the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker to take a call on the disqualification plea against Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy by the second week of February.
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari had in June 2021 filed a petition before the Speaker, seeking the disqualification of Roy as a member of the Assembly, on the grounds of his defection to the TMC. BJP MLA Ambika Roy had in July advanced a plea challenging Mukul Roy’s election as chairman of the public accounts committee (PAC), and had prayed for the nomination of an Opposition member to the post.