Former Railway Minister and senior leader of West Bengal Mukul Roy passes away, was ill for a long time

Desk: Former Railway Minister and TMC leader Mukul Roy died at 1:30 am at Apollo Hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata. His son Subhranshu Roy has confirmed this. It is being told that he died due to cardiac arrest. Shubhranshu Roy says that his father was facing many health related problems. Recently his health had worsened. After this he was admitted to the hospital, where he died during treatment late on Sunday night.

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Mukul Roy started his political career with Youth Congress in Bengal. After this, Roy, one of the founding members of Trinamool Congress, remained a close aide of Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for a long time. Mamata initially made Mukul the general secretary of the party. After this he emerged as a big face of TMC in Delhi. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2006 and was the party leader in the Upper House from 2009 to 2012. However, Roy left TMC and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in November 2017.

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Played important role in strengthening TMC in West Bengal

It is said that Mukul Roy played an important role in strengthening Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal. The result of this was that Trinamool Congress came to power in the assembly elections in 2011. A large number of CPM and Congress leaders had switched parties during the tenure of Roy, the then party general secretary of TMC. In a way, Roy had given membership of TMC to many big leaders of Congress and Left parties. Meanwhile, his talks with Mamata Banerjee deteriorated over some decisions related to the party. After which Roy joined BJP.
Roy gave a blow to TMC with the support of BJP

After joining Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017, Mukul Roy made TMC realize his stature. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP won 18 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal, Roy played the biggest role behind this. It is believed that Roy had made a dent in the core voters of TMC. It is said that he played a big role in bringing many big leaders of TMC to BJP. In the year 2021, he had contested from Krishnanagar North seat on BJP ticket and won the assembly elections.
Returned from BJP to TMC in June 2021

Meanwhile, Mukul Roy said goodbye to BJP in June 2021 and returned to TMC. On November 13, 2025, the Calcutta High Court had declared Roy a disqualified MLA under the anti-defection law. During this time, Mukul was surrounded by health related problems. He started falling ill and distanced himself from politics. It is said that Mukul was not seen in any party meeting for the last two years.
Who was Mukul Roy? Why was he called ‘Chanakya’ of Bengal?

After the establishment of TMC party in January 1998, Mukul Roy along with Mamata Banerjee played an important role in building the organization. It is said that Mukul and Mamta started their political innings together from Youth Congress. When Mamata formed the party, Roy was given the post of General Secretary. Also sent Roy to Delhi as the face of the party. After this, Roy did not look back. Mukul emerged as a prominent face of the party in Delhi politics. Meanwhile, in the year 2006, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha and Was the party leader in the House from 2009 to 2012.

During the UPA-2 government, he first held the responsibility as the Minister of State for Shipping and later became the Minister of Railways in March 2012. Due to his strategic skills in Bengal politics, Mukul Roy was sometimes given the title of ‘Chanakya’. It is believed that Mukul played a big role in spreading the name of Mamata Banerjee to every corner of West Bengal. Mamta also respects Mukul Roy a lot. Even after Mukul Roy joined BJP, Mamata did not comment on him. When Mukul returned to TMC, Mamata welcomed him with an open heart.

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