Mukul Roy, former Union Railway Minister, passes away after prolonged illness
The Hindu
Former Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy, a veteran politician, passed away at 71 after a prolonged illness in Kolkata.
Veteran politician and former Railway Minister Mukul Roy died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kolkata on Monday (February 23, 2026), his family said.
He was 71.
Mr. Roy breathed his last at 1.30 a.m. at the private hospital, his son Subhranshu Roy said, adding that he had been in a coma for the last several days.
Mr. Roy was a founder member of TMC when the party was formed in 1998.
Later, following differences with the party, he joined the BJP in 2017.
Mr. Roy became an MLA from Krishnanagar Uttar constituency in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls on a BJP ticket, but returned to the TMC after the polls.
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