Mukul Roy, "Chanakya" of Bengal Politics, Passes Away at 73
Mukul Roy, "Chanakya" of Bengal Politics, Passes Away at 73
- •Former TMC leader Mukul Roy passed away at 73 in Kolkata after a prolonged illness.
- •Known as the "Chanakya" of Bengal politics, he was a close associate of Mamata Banerjee and TMC's second-in-command.
- •He began his political journey with the Youth Congress, co-founding TMC in 1998.
- •Roy served as MoS in Shipping and Railway Ministries under UPA 2, becoming Railway Minister in 2012.
- •His TMC career ended after his name surfaced in the Saradha scam and Narada sting, leading him to join BJP in 2017.