Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) The news of the demise of veteran politician and once her virtual second-in-command in Trinamool Congress had left her totally broken, said West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday morning.In her condolence message that she posted on the wall of her social media handle, the Chief Minister also described Roy as her once “comrade-in-arms”.“I am deeply shocked and grieved by the sudden news of the demise of veteran politician M…
Latest Mukul Roy News & Updates
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday issued a statement mourning the death of Mukul Roy, a senior politician from West Bengal, who had served with both the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The Prime Minister, while sharing a condolence message this morning on his official X handle, also shared an old picture of himself with Roy, during the latter’s stint with the BJP from 2017 to 2021.“Pained by the passing of former Union Minister Shri Mukul R…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Senior politician Mukul Roy, a former Railway Minister from West Bengal, died early Monday morning at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family has confirmed. He was 73.Mukul Roy breathed his last a little after 1.30 a.m. on Monday, confirmed his son, Subhranshu Roy. He was under treatment for quite some time because of several medical complications, and he was not even responding to the treatment, according to his close associates.Roy was once the second-in-command in Tri…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court’s recent judgment disqualifying senior politician Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Assembly under the anti-defection law.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the respondents, including West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and BJP MLA Ambika Roy, on a petition filed by Roy’s son, Subhranshu Roy, challenging the Calcutta Hig…