Mukul Roy

Mukul Roy (17 April 1954 – 23 February 2026) was an Indian politician from West Bengal. He served as a Minister of State in the Shipping Ministry and later Ministry of Railways during the second UPA government. Before the creation of All India Trinamool Congress, he was a member of Indian National Congress. Between 2017 and 2021, Roy left All India Trinamool Congress to join Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2021, he left BJP and joined AITC. On 13 November 2025, his MLA post was terminated by Calcutta High Court for tergiversation. After Mamata Banerjee resigned as the Railway Minister to become the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Roy was handed additional charge of the Ministry of Railways after Mamata expressed her desire that her party retain the Ministry of Railways and personally recommended Roy to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Roy resigned from All India Trinamool Congress on 25 September 2017; later he was suspended from the party for six years for anti-party activities. He also resigned from Rajya Sabha membership on 11 October 2017. He rejoined AITC on 11 June 2021 along with his son in presence of Mamata Banerjee.