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Mukul Roy, ex-railway minister and TMC leader, passes away at 71, says son

Posted on: Feb 23, 2026 08:15 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Mukul Roy, ex-railway minister and TMC leader, passes away at 71, says son
FSea-ear railroad government minister and Trinamool united states congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy has passed aside. He died of a cardiac arrest at Apollo Hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata, his son Subhranshu Roy confirmed, according to ANI news agency.Roy served as a Minister of State in the Shipping Ministry and later Ministry of Railways during the second UPA government led by Manmohan Singh. On the demise of Roy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh described him as an experienced politician, saying that he had been ill for the past two-three years and could not actively participate in politics."He was an experienced politician. He became a Union Minister too. When he came to the BJP, he was given a lot of respect. From 2019-2021, he was with us. Later, he left the BJP and went to the TMC. For the last 2-3 years, he has been ill and could not actively participate in politics. I pray that his soul rests in peace...," Ghosh said, speaking to ANI.Mukul Roy, who was elected as a BJP MLA in May 2021, allegedly joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in August 2021 after the assembly elections, in the presence of chief minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.Before the creation of TMC, he was a member of the Congress.Roy was fighting a legal battle over his disqualification from the membership of the State Legislative Assembly following his defection to the TMC.The Supreme Court in January stayed an order of the Calcutta high court which had disqualified Roy from the state assembly.

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