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	\| office1 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly		\| office1 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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	Roy formally joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 3 November 2017. Upon joining the party, he said that he felt proud of working under Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Mukul Roy Joins BJP Month After Quitting the All India Trinamool Congress\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mukul-roy-inducted-into-bjp-month-after-quitting-trinamool-1770823\|publisher=NDTV\|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>		Roy formally joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 3 November 2017. Upon joining the party, he said that he felt proud of working under Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Mukul Roy Joins BJP Month After Quitting the All India Trinamool Congress\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mukul-roy-inducted-into-bjp-month-after-quitting-trinamool-1770823\|publisher=NDTV\|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
	~~Roy contested the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and lost but he bounced back and~~ successfully contested the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and won.<ref>{{cite news \|title=BJP releases list of 148 candidates for Bengal polls, Mukul Roy to contest from Krishnanagar Uttar \|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/west-bengal-election-result-2021-live-updates-krishnanagar-uttar-assembly-constituency-mukul-roy-koushani-mukherjee-6839931.html \|access-date=5 June 2021 \|work=Money Control \|date=3 May 2021 \|language=en}}</ref >		He successfully contested the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and won.<ref>{{cite news \|title=BJP releases list of 148 candidates for Bengal polls, Mukul Roy to contest from Krishnanagar Uttar \|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/west-bengal-election-result-2021-live-updates-krishnanagar-uttar-assembly-constituency-mukul-roy-koushani-mukherjee-6839931.html \|access-date=5 June 2021 \|work=Money Control \|date=3 May 2021 \|language=en}}</ref >

	===Rejoining Trinamool Congress===		===Rejoining Trinamool Congress===
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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/mukul-roy-re-joins-tmc-in-presence-of-cm-mamata-banerjee-dumps-bjp-11623403289663.html\|title = Mukul Roy returns to TMC, Mamata says he was threatened in BJP\|date = 11 June 2021}}</ref>

	==External links==		==External links==

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mukul Roy
| image = Mukul Roy.png
| office6 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency4 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 = [[Abir Biswas]]
| term_start6 = 3 April 2006
| term_end6 = 11 October 2017
| office3 = [[Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of India]]
| term_start3 = 20 March 2012
| term_end3 = 21 September 2012
| predecessor3 = [[Dinesh Trivedi]]
| successor3 = [[C. P. Joshi]]
| 1blankname3 = Department
| 1namedata3 = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]
| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office4 = [[Minister of State]], [[Government of India]]
| term_start4 = 19 May 2011
| term_end4 = 12 July 2011
| 1blankname4 = Department
| 1namedata4 = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]
| minister4 = [[Dinesh Trivedi]]
| primeminister4 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term5 = 2009 - 2011
| 1blankname5 = Department
| 1namedata5 = [[Ministry of Shipping (India)|Ministry of Shipping]]
| minister5 = [[G. K. Vasan]]
| primeminister5 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office1 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
| term_start1 = 2 May 2021
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = [[Krishnanagar Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar Uttar]], [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
| predecessor1 = [[Abani Mohan Joardar]]
| office2 = Chairman of Public Accounts Committee, [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| appointed2=[[Biman Banerjee]]
| term_start2 = 14 July 2021
| predecessor2 = [[Shankar Singha]]
| footnotes =
| signature =
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998–2017)<br />(Since 2021)
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 1998)<br>[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2017–2021)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|4|17}}<ref name=loksabha>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4487 |title=Detailed Profile – Shri Dinesh Trivedi – Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |date=12 December 1977 |access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kanchrapara]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<ref name=loksabha/>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse = Krishna Roy<ref name=loksabha/>
| relations =
| children = [[Subhranshu Roy]]
| residence = New Delhi <br /> [[Kolkata]]
| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]] <br /> [[Madurai Kamaraj University]]
| occupation = Politician
| profession =
| website =
| nickname =
}}
'''Mukul Roy''' (born 17 April 1954) is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He belongs to the [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Jun 11|first1=TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=16:46|title=Mukul Roy news: Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool fold after four years {{!}} India News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-leader-mukul-roy-arrives-at-tmc-party-office-in-kolkata/articleshow/83428605.cms|access-date=2021-06-11|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name ="RSMR">{{cite web |url =https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/Main.aspx|title = Shri Mukul Roy, Former Member Of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA)|website = rajyasabha.nic.in}}</ref>
He has also served as a [[Minister of State]] in the Shipping Ministry and later Ministry of Railways during the [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|UPA 2 government]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/mukul-roy-takes-over-as-the-new-railway-minister-96494-2012-03-20|title = Mukul Roy takes over as the new Railway Minister}}</ref> He was formerly associated with the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Notably, he was appointed as the National Vice-President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Himanshu |last2=Saha |first2=Poulomi |title=Reshuffle in BJP: Mukul Roy appointed new vice president, Ram Madhav no more general secretary |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-national-office-jp-nadda-mukul-roy-tejasvi-surya-ram-madhav-raman-singh-jay-panda-1725707-2020-09-26 |access-date=26 September 2020 |work=India Today |date=26 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

After [[Mamata Banerjee]] resigned as the [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railway Minister]] to become the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]], Roy was handed additional charge of the [[Ministry of Railways (India)|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/mukul-roy-loses-railways-118598 |title=Mukul Roy losses Railways |publisher=NDTV.com |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>

He had resigned from 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.<ref name="Economic Times">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mukul-roy-long-innings-with-trinamool-congress-over/articleshow/61039688.cms |title=Mukul Roy: Long innings with Trinamool Congress over |newspaper=Economic Times |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> On 11th June 2021, Roy rejoined Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mukul-roy-set-to-rejoin-trinamool-congress-today-sources-2461483|title=Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool, Mamata Banerjee says "More Will Come"|work=NDTV|date=11 June 2021|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>

==Educational qualifications==
He did his [[Bachelor of Science|Bachelor of Scienc]]e from Calcutta University.<ref name="NDTV- MR">{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/people/who-is-mukul-roy-187826| title=Who is Mukul Roy? | access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> He also earned an MA degree in public administration from the [[Madurai Kamaraj University]] in 2006.<ref name=MyNeta>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=378|title=Mukul Roy(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):(WEST BENGAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

==Political career==
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Minister of State to Shri Mukul Roy, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 28, 2009.jpg|thumb|left|The President Pratibha Patil administering the oath as Minister of State to Mukul Roy at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 28 May 2009.]]
Roy started his political career as Youth Congress leader and became close to [[Mamata Banerjee]] who was also associated with Youth Congress.
===All India Trinamool Congress===

Roy was a founding member of [[Trinamool Congress|All India Trinamool Congress]] which was formed in January 1998 as a breakaway faction of the [[Indian National Congress]] led by [[Mamata Banerjee]]. Soon he became the party's face in New Delhi and was made general secretary in 2006.

[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|In 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], he was TMC candidate from [[Jagatdal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagatdal constituency]] and got 56,741 votes but lost.<ref name=indiavotes>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/9/23774/154|title=IndiaVotes AC: Jagatdal 2001|website=IndiaVotes|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

In April 2006, Roy elected to [[Rajya Sabha]] and was a leader of [[Trinamool Congress|All India Trinamool Congress]] from 28 May 2009 to 20 March 2012 in [[Rajya Sabha]]. In [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA II]] was appointed Minister of State in the [[Minister of Shipping (India)|Ministry of Shipping]] first, then Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Railways]] when [[Mamata Banerjee]] resigned.

On 11 July 2011, when Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] directed Mukul Roy to visit the site of the derailment of the [[Puri - Guwahati Express|Guwahati-Puri Express]] in [[Assam]], he openly defied him. This brought a lot of displeasure among the political circles and he was shunted out of the Railways portfolio in the latest cabinet reshuffle on 12 July 2011.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cabinet-rank-eludes-defiant-Mukul-Roy/articleshow/9196295.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Cabinet rank eludes defiant Mukul Roy – The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/mukul-roy-shunted-out-of-railways/754825.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715212917/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/mukul-roy-shunted-out-of-railways/754825.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2011 |title=Mukul Roy shunted out of Railways, IBN Live News |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-revealed-why-mukul-roy-lashed-out-at-the-prime-minister-1564786|title=Revealed: Why Mukul Roy lashed out at the prime minister|first=Sumit|last=Moitra|date=11 July 2011|website=DNA India|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-mukul-roy-might-take-oath-tomorrow-as-rail-minister-2993507.html?|title=12 वीं पास मुकुल रॉय बने नए रेल मंत्री|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

In 2012, he was the subject of a controversy{{clarify|date=January 2015}} regarding the [[Railway Budget]]. This happened after [[Mamata Banerjee]] expressed her discontent with the increase in passenger fares, and demanded the resignation of [[Dinesh Trivedi]], [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railway Minister]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17377691 | work=BBC News | title=India railway minister denies resignation reports | date=15 March 2012}}</ref>

[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Shri Mukul Roy, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2012.jpg|thumb|left|The President Pratibha Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Mukul Roy at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 20 March 2012.]]
After Dinesh resigned, Mukul became the [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railway Minister of India]] and he removed the fare hike introduced by the former [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railway Minister]] Dinesh Trivedi, to much criticism. With the exit of Trinamool from UPA coalition due to an allowance of 51% FDI in retail and aviation sector, Mukul Roy's tenure of railway minister came to an end in the month of September 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mamata wins, Rail fares rolled back|url=http://indiavoice.info/201203221521/news-desk/latest-news/mamata-wins-rail-fares-rolled-back.html|publisher=IndiaVoice|access-date=22 March 2012|date=22 March 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712061942/http://indiavoice.info/201203221521/news-desk/latest-news/mamata-wins-rail-fares-rolled-back.html|archive-date=12 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Roy ran a special train called "DU Gyan Uday Express" a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] worded statement, which took 1000 students of [[Delhi University]] to places like [[Ahmedabad]], [[Mumbai]], [[Goa]] and [[Bangalore]] during the summer break of 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-University-to-send-students-on-India-Tour-this-July/articleshow/12739644.cms |title=Delhi University to send students on India Tour this July |newspaper=Times of India |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mukul-roy-quits-trinamool-congress-rajya-sabha/article19839434.ece |title=Former Trinamool leader Mukul Roy quits Rajya Sabha |newspaper=The Hindu |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>

An application has been submitted to the Election Commission for the formation of the new political party called [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and Mukul aide Amitabha Majumdar has been named as the President. The head office of the party is located in [[Dinhata]], in [[North Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mukul-roy-all-set-to-form-nationalist-trinamool-congress-party-2126498 |title=Mukul Roy all set to form Nationalist Trinamool Congress Party? |date= 19 September 2015|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref>

Roy and Mamata had a fall out in 2015 when his name came up in [[Saradha Group financial scandal|Saradha scam]] as well as in [[Narada sting operation]] in which TMC leaders are involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/on-tenterhooks-trinamool-congress-waits-for-outgoing-leader-mukul-roys-comments-1761517 |title=Mukul Roy Resigns Rajya Sabha Seat, Quits Trinamool Congress |publisher=NDTV |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>

Roy was suspended from the party for six years as met senior BJP leaders like Finance Minister [[Arun Jaitley]] and BJP general secretary [[Kailash Vijayvargiya]]. He has resigned from Trinamool Congress on 25 September 2017. After that Roy also resigned from [[Rajya Sabha]] membership on 11 October 2017.<ref name="Economic Times"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mukul-roy-quits-trinamool-congress-setback-for-mamata-banerjee-1051780-2017-09-25|title=Mukul Roy expelled from Trinamool Congress for 6 years after he announces resignation|first=Romita |last=Datta Sengupta|date=25 September 2017|work=India Today|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

===Bharatiya Janata Party===

Roy formally joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 3 November 2017. Upon joining the party, he said that he felt proud of working under Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mukul Roy Joins BJP Month After Quitting the All India Trinamool Congress|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mukul-roy-inducted-into-bjp-month-after-quitting-trinamool-1770823|publisher=NDTV|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
Roy contested the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and lost but he bounced back and successfully contested the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and won.<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP releases list of 148 candidates for Bengal polls, Mukul Roy to contest from Krishnanagar Uttar |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/west-bengal-election-result-2021-live-updates-krishnanagar-uttar-assembly-constituency-mukul-roy-koushani-mukherjee-6839931.html |access-date=5 June 2021 |work=Money Control |date=3 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref >

===Rejoining Trinamool Congress===
On 11 June 2021, Roy rejoined the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] along with his son [[Subhranshu Roy]] in the presence of [[Mamata Banerjee]] and others.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Shiv Sahay|date=2021-06-11|title=Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool Congress|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mukul-roy-returns-to-trinamool-congress/article34790007.ece|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
On 25 June 2021, he was elected as a member of [[Public Accounts Committee (India)|PAC]] by the speaker of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] and later became the chairman of the PAC on 14 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/trinamools-mukul-roy-among-nominees-for-west-bengal-assemblys-pac-2471015|title= Mukul Roy elected as a PAC member|date=2021-06-25|work= NDTV}}</ref>

Mukul Roy set foot in [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], his constituency. He first came to Krishnanagar Bhatjangla on 27 June 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 June 2021|title=তৃণমূল নেতা হিসাবে মুকুল রায় কৃষ্ণনগরে,সংবর্ধনা দেওয়া নিয়ে বিশৃঙ্খলা|work=[[Ranaghat News]]|url=https://ranaghatnews.in/mukul_roy_krishnagar_visit/|access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref> He was then greeted by [[All India Trinamool Congress]] activists wearing a wreath. Soon after, a quarrel broke out between [[All India Trinamool Congress]] activists over the reception of Mukul Roy.

==References==
{{reflist}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/mukul-roy-re-joins-tmc-in-presence-of-cm-mamata-banerjee-dumps-bjp-11623403289663.html|title = Mukul Roy returns to TMC, Mamata says he was threatened in BJP|date = 11 June 2021}}</ref>

==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx Profile on Rajya Sabha website]

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