Mukul Roy resigns as Rajya Sabha MP
He will hold a press conference here in Delhi in few minutes to announce the reason behind his resignation.
The Trinamool Congress in September suspended former Railway Minister Mukul Roy for six years for 'anti party activities'.
Roy had last month said: "With a heavy heart, I am announcing that I will quit the primary party post of Trinamool Congress and the Rajya Sabha membership. I will formally resign after the Durga Puja vacation."
Roy, one of the founding leaders of the Trinamool Congress, had long been regarded the second-in-command of the party after Mamata Banerjee
and the architect of TMC's organisational and electoral success in the state.
However, he fell from the grace of Banerjee following his interrogation by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore Sarada chit fund scam.
Roy had earlier served as the Railway Minister of the country.
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