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Mukul Roy is an Indian politician and national executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was born on 17 April 1954 in Kanchrapara, West Bengal. He is a graduate in Political Science from the University of Calcutta.
Roy began his political career in the Indian National Congress (INC) in the 1980s. He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1991 and 1996 from the Kanchrapara constituency. He was also the Minister of State for Shipping in the UPA government from 2004 to 2009.
In 2017, Roy joined the BJP and was appointed as the national executive member of the party. He was also appointed as the national vice-president of the BJP in 2018.
Roy is married to Shikha Roy and has two sons. He is 66 years old as of 2021. His net worth is estimated to be around $2 million.
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70 years old |
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17 April 1954 |
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17 April |
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Kanchrapara, West Bengal, India |
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Mukul Roy Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Mukul Roy's Wife?
His wife is Krishna Roy
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Krishna Roy |
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Subhranshu Roy |
Mukul Roy Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Mukul Roy worth at the age of 70 years old? Mukul Roy’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from . We have estimated
Mukul Roy's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
He has resigned from Trinamool Congress on 25 September 2017; later he was suspended form the party for six years for anti-party activities. He also resigned from Rajya Sabha membership on 11 October 2017.
Roy was suspended form 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.
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.
Roy and Mamata had a fall out in 2015 when his name came up in Saradha scam as well as in Narada sting operation in which TMC leaders are involved.
In 2012, he was the subject of a controversy 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, Railway Minister.
After Dinesh resigned, Mukul became the Railway Minister of India and he removed the fare hike introduced by the former 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.
On 11 July 2011, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directed Mukul Roy to visit the site of derailment of the 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.
In April 2006, Roy elected to Rajya Sabha and was a leader of All India Trinamool Congress from 28 May 2009 to 20 March 2012 in Rajya Sabha. In UPA II was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping first, then Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways when Mamata Banerjee resigned.
He did his BSc from Calcutta University. He also earned an MA degree in public administration from the Madurai Kamaraj University in 2006.
In 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he was TMC candidate from Jagatdal constituency and came in second with 56,741.
Roy was 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. Soon he became party's face in New Delhi and was made general secretary in 2006.
Mukul Roy (born 17 April 1954) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party . He had served as the 32nd Railway Minister of India. He is also a former member of the Rajya Sabha, representing West Bengal for two consecutive terms. He also served as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping and later Ministry of Railways. He was formerly associated with the All India Trinamool Congress and Indian National Congress.
