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Veteran person and erstwhile Railway Minister Mukul Roy died of cardiac apprehension astatine a backstage infirmary successful Kolkata connected Monday (February 23, 2026), his household said.
He was 71.
Mr. Roy breathed his past astatine 1.30 a.m. astatine the backstage hospital, his lad Subhranshu Roy said, adding that helium had been successful a coma for the past respective days.
Mr. Roy was a laminitis subordinate of TMC erstwhile the enactment was formed successful 1998.
Later, pursuing differences with the party, helium joined the BJP successful 2017.
Mr. Roy became an MLA from Krishnanagar Uttar constituency successful the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls connected a BJP ticket, but returned to the TMC aft the polls.
During his agelong governmental career, helium served arsenic the Railway Minister successful 2011 successful the UPA-2 government, erstwhile the TMC was portion of the Centre.
He was elected doubly to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal.
