Welcoming Mukul Roy to the party, Mamata Banerjee said, ” He has returned to our family,”But Mukul was said to be uncomfortable within the Bengal BJP. He apparently did not gel well with Dilip Ghosh even though the central BJP leadership kept him in good stead, Expressing happiness over leaving BJP and returning to TMC, Mukul Roy said, “I am happy to see this room. Feels elated to leave BJP’s shadow and return here. Bengal will return to its heights and our leader, Mamata, will lead from the front. I will issue a statement why I left BJP, but I could not and cannot be in BJP, hence I am came back.” Mukul Roy, the former lieutenant of Mamata Banerjee, had left the TMC over alleged disagreements with the party’s top leadership on multiple issues, including differences with Abhishek Banerjee.