Former Railway Minister and TMC leader Mukul Roy has passed away due to cardiac arrest early on Monday.
Roy, 71, was admitted at the Apollo Hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata, breathed his last around 1.30 am.
His son Subhranshu Roy has confirmed the demise of veteran TMC leader. His son said, “He was suffering from multiple ailments,”, according to Indian Express.
Mukul Roy, one of the founding members of Trinamool Congress (TMC), which was established in January 1998, was once regarded as a close confidant of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Like Banerjee, Roy began his political journey with the Youth Congress in West Bengal. After the formation of the TMC, he played a key organisational role and was appointed the party’s general secretary.
Over time, he became the party’s prominent representative in New Delhi. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2006 and served as the party’s leader in the Upper House from 2009 to 2012.
In the UPA government’s second term, he initially served as Minister of State, Shipping. He later went on to assume office of Union Railway Minister in March 2012, replacing party colleague Dinesh Trivedi.
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