1. Mukul Roy was born on 17 April 1954 and is an Indian politician from West Bengal.
19 Facts About Mukul Roy
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Mukul Roy has served as a Minister of State in the Shipping Ministry and later Ministry of Railways during the second UPA government.
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Between 2017 and 2021, Roy left Trinamool Congress to join Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Mukul Roy had resigned from Trinamool Congress on 25 September 2017; later he was suspended from the party for six years for anti-party activities.
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Mukul Roy resigned from Rajya Sabha membership on 11 October 2017.
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Mukul Roy rejoined All India Trinamool Congress on 11 June 2021 along with his son in presence of Mamata Banerjee.
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Mukul Roy did his Bachelor of Science from University of Calcutta.
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Mukul Roy earned an MA degree in public administration from the Madurai Kamaraj University in 2006.
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Mukul Roy started his political career as Youth Congress leader and became close to Mamata Banerjee who was associated with Youth Congress.
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Mukul Roy was a founding member of All India Trinamool Congress which was formed in January 1998 as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress led by Mamata Banerjee.
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On 11 July 2011, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directed Mukul Roy to visit the site of the derailment of the Guwahati-Puri Express in Assam, he openly defied him.
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Mukul Roy ran a special train called "DU Gyan Uday Express" a Bengali worded statement, which took 1000 students of Delhi University to places like Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Goa and Bangalore during the summer break of 2012.
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Mukul Roy was suspended from the party for six years as he met senior BJP leaders like Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
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Mukul Roy has resigned from Trinamool Congress on 25 September 2017.
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Mukul Roy formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 3 November 2017.
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Mukul Roy successfully contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and won.
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On 11 June 2021, Mukul Roy rejoined the All India Trinamool Congress along with his son Subhranshu Mukul Roy in the presence of Mamata Banerjee and others.
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Mukul Roy first came to Krishnanagar Bhatjangla on 27 June 2021.
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Mukul Roy was then greeted by All India Trinamool Congress activists wearing a wreath.