New Delhi: Former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here.

“Today a veteran public figure and political leader Mukul Roy has joined BJP,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press conference.

Roy quit the party on September 25. He resigned as the party’s Rajya Sabha member on October 11.

He was suspended from the party for six years for indulging in anti-party activities after he had announced that he would quit the party last month.

The former TMC leader, known for his organisational skills, joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.