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Veteran politician and former railway minister Mukul Roy died of cardiac arrest at a Kolkata hospital at 71. A Trinamool Congress founder who later joined the BJP, he served as Union minister and was twice elected to the Rajya Sabha

The move is being seen by political analysts as a clear signal that the TMC is grooming Abhishek Banerjee for a larger role in national politics

The Northeast Delhi MP, who hails from Bihar, said leaders from the state should stop treating its people as their vote bank in other states.