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Who is Mukul Roy?

Mukul Roy is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He is the national vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Born on April 17, 1954, Roy has served as the 32nd Railway Minister of India. Mukul Roy made his political mark with the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) and was considered a close associate of West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee. He joined BJP after his name came up in the Saradha scam and had a fall out with Banerjee.
 
In the West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Mukul Roy is contesting from Krishnanagar Uttar constituency.

Mukul Roy's early life
 
Roy was born in 1954 in Kanchrapara in the district of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal. He did his graduation in BSc from Calcutta University. Later in 2006, he earned a degree of MA in public administration from the Madurai Kamaraj University.
 
Mukul Roy's political journey  
 
He started his political career with Youth Congress and became close to Mamata Banerjee who was also a Youth Congress leader at that time. Later, Roy and Mamata Banerjee, along with other leaders, broke away from the Congress to form the All India Trinamool Congress in January 1998. Immediately afterwards, Roy was made the face of the party in New Delhi. He was also made the general secretary of the party in 2006.
 
Mukul Roy made his electoral debut in 2001 when he fought the Assembly elections on a TMC ticket from Jagatdal constituency and came in second with a total of 56,741 votes. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 2006 and became the leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha for 3 years beginning 2009. Under the UPA 2 government, Roy was made the Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Shipping and then later was made the MoS in the Railway ministry after Banerjee resigned. In 2012, when another party colleague, Dinesh Trivedi, who has also shifted allegiance to the BJP, was forced by Banerjee to resign as the Railway minister because of the announcement of an increase in passenger fares in the Railway Budget, Roy became the new Railway Minister.
 
However, Roy’s TMC career came to an end after his name cropped up in the Saradha scam. His name also came up in the Narada sting operation where several politicians, including TMC leaders, were allegedly involved. After this, Roy had a fall out with the party and Banerjee. He was later suspended from TMC for anti-party activities. He met BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Kailash Vijayvargiya before resigning from TMC. He also resigned from the Rajya Sabha on October 11, 2017.
 
In November 2017, Roy formally joined the BJP. Since then, he has played an instrumental role in poaching other TMC leaders for the BJP, weakening Mamata Banerjee’s party ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.

Latest Updates on Mukul Roy

Mukul Roy needs medical attention, his son Subharanghsu said on Wednesday after the veteran politician from West Bengal expressed his desire to return to the BJP

Updated On: 19 Apr 2023 | 1:52 PM IST

The founding member of the TMC switched to the BJP in 2017. He won as a saffron party candidate in the 2011 West Bengal assembly election. He, however, returned to the Trinamool Congress soon after

Updated On: 19 Apr 2023 | 6:54 AM IST

Although Roy has remained tightlipped about the agenda of his visit, the political circles in West Bengal were abuzz with speculations over his next political move

Updated On: 18 Apr 2023 | 12:32 PM IST

"As of now we know that he was scheduled to land at Delhi Airport at around 9 PM. But he is not traceable," a close aide said

Updated On: 18 Apr 2023 | 7:18 AM IST

Senior TMC leader and MLA Mukul Roy on Monday submitted his resignation as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in West Bengal Assembly to Speaker Biman Banerjee

Updated On: 27 Jun 2022 | 5:33 PM IST

Talking to reporters in his chamber after giving his ruling, the speaker said that it is a matter of law and refused to speak anything more on the issue

Updated On: 08 Jun 2022 | 6:52 PM IST

The Supreme Court on Monday told the West Bengal Assembly Speaker to expeditiously decide on the petition seeking disqualification of Mukul Roy after his defection from BJP to TMC

Updated On: 22 Nov 2021 | 2:29 PM IST

The Supreme Court expressed hope that West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee will take a decision on the petition for disqualification of Mukul Roy as a member of the House

Updated On: 22 Nov 2021 | 12:56 PM IST

BJP on Tuesday said it will move Kolkata High Court next week for speedy disposal and time bound hearing by the speaker of BJP's objection to the appointment of Mukul Roy as chairman of PAC

Updated On: 17 Aug 2021 | 8:44 PM IST

West Bengal MLA Mukul Roy stirred fresh controversy on Friday by saying for the second time within a week that the saffron party will win a future by-election in his constituency.

Updated On: 13 Aug 2021 | 9:06 PM IST

As per norms, a legislator of the main opposition party is made the PAC chairperson, and Roy hasn't quit as a BJP MLA in the House, despite switching camps.

Updated On: 13 Jul 2021 | 7:23 PM IST

Senior politician Mukul Roy, who recently switched over to the TMC after winning the state elections on a BJP ticket, was on Friday appointed as the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee

Updated On: 10 Jul 2021 | 2:32 AM IST

The Z-category VIP security cover of West Bengal politician and MLA Mukul Roy, who recently re-joined TMC after a brief stint with the BJP, has been withdrawn

Updated On: 17 Jun 2021 | 12:09 PM IST

The rise of Abhishek Banerjee aka Bhaipo in the ranks of the party and Bengal politics was a foregone conclusion after the election in West Bengal

Updated On: 14 Jun 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

This comes a day after Roy rejoined the Trinamool Congress (TMC)

Updated On: 12 Jun 2021 | 6:25 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday welcomed back her former close aide Mukul Roy into the party fold from the BJP and claimed that more leaders from the BJP will come back

Updated On: 12 Jun 2021 | 7:02 AM IST

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Updated On: 11 Jun 2021 | 9:07 PM IST

'I have joined TMC today. In the present circumstances, no one will remain in Bharatiya Janata Party,' says Roy

Updated On: 12 Jun 2021 | 1:49 AM IST

Roy is the BJP national vice president

Updated On: 11 Jun 2021 | 2:38 PM IST

West Bengal election live updates: Prominent names in the sixth phase of the Assembly polls include BJP's national vice president Mukul Roy. Stay tuned for Bengal election latest updates

Updated On: 22 Apr 2021 | 9:10 PM IST