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Mukul Roy: Bengal's 'Chanakya' who mastered defections, outlived alliances

Mukul Roy, the backroom strategist once hailed as the 'Chanakya of West Bengal politics', died early on Monday after prolonged illness, ending a career which saw him both engineer and embody defections. One of the founding members of the TMC, his passing ends one of the most layered political journeys of post-Left West Bengal. Roy, who was born in Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas district in 1954, began his political career with the Youth Congress in the 1980s. When Mamata Banerjee broke away from the Congress to form the Trinamool Congress in 1998, Roy was among the earliest to follow. Soft-spoken and meticulous organiser, he avoided rhetorical flourish. His domain was arithmetic, booth committees, district equations, ticket distribution and alliance management. Within a few years, he emerged as the party's general secretary and principal troubleshooter in Delhi. Elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2006 and re-elected later, Roy became the TMC's leader in the Upper House in 2009. In the

Former railway minister, TMC leader Mukul Roy dies of cardiac arrest

Veteran politician and former railway minister Mukul Roy died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital here on Monday, his family said. He was 71. Roy breathed his last at 1.30 am at the private hospital, his son Subhranshu Roy said, adding that he had been in a coma for the last several days. 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. 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. During his long political career, he served as the railway minister in 2011 in the UPA-2 government, when the TMC was part of the Centre. He was elected twice to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal.

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I want to be with BJP, like to meet Amit Shah, says 'missing' Mukul Roy

Veteran TMC leader Mukul Roy, who kept the political pundits guessing over his next move, on Tuesday night said he is still a BJP legislator and would like to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah as he is keen on returning to the saffron camp. Roy, who on Monday night travelled to New Delhi for "some personal work", even as his family initially claimed that he was "missing", only to later accuse the BJP of indulging in dirty politics using the TMC leader who is unwell and not in the "right frame of mind". "I am a BJP legislator. I want to be with the BJP. The party has made arrangements for my stay here. I want to meet Amit Shah and speak to (party president) J P Nadda, he told a Bengali news channel late on Tuesday evening. 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 without resigning from the House. I was not keeping well for quit

TMC leader Mukul Roy 'untraceable' since Monday evening, claims son

The family members of senior TMC leader Mukul Roy have claimed he is "untraceable" since late Monday evening. The former railway minister's son Subhragshu told PTI that his father was "untraceable" and "missing" since late Monday evening. "Till now I am unable to contact my father. He is untraceable," Subhragshu, a TMC leader, said. Roy's close aides said he was scheduled to fly to Delhi Monday evening. "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. Roy, a former number two in the TMC, had joined BJP in 2017 following differences with the party leadership. He was made BJP national vice-president. Roy won the 2021 assembly polls on a BJP ticket and later returned to the TMC after the results were announced.

Mukul Roy resigns as Public Accounts Committee Chairman in WB assembly

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

AAP, TMC will be 'marginal players' in Goa assembly polls: P Chidambaram

Chidambaram said any alliance with smaller parties for the Goa assembly polls is only possible if a party accepts that the Congress will be the pivot of the non-BJP formation.

It is up to Mukul Roy if he wants to join BJP or not: BJP's Rahul Sinha

There are some misgivings within the saffron party regarding Roy's possible induction into it

TMC wouldn't have tasted success without BJP's backing: Mukul Roy

Roy is scheduled to go to New Delhi later this week and tender his resignation from the Rajya Sabha