Saugata Roy | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Amitava Nandy |
| Constituency | Dum Dum |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| Preceded by | Md. Ismail |
| Succeeded by | Md. Ismail |
| Constituency | Barrackpore |
| Minister of State for Urban Development, Govt of India | |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 22 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister | Jaipal Reddy Kamal Nath |
| Preceded by | Ajay Maken |
| Succeeded by | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Ministry of State for Petroleum, Govt of India | |
| In office 1979–1980 | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Kshiti Goswami |
| Succeeded by | Kshiti Goswami |
| Constituency | Dhakuria |
| In office 1987–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Anup Kumar Chandra |
| Succeeded by | Tapas Paul |
| Constituency | Alipore |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2006–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Bhupendranath Seth |
| Succeeded by | Gopal Seth |
| Constituency | Bangaon Uttar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 August 1946 Shillong, Assam, British India (Now Meghalaya) |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (From 2001) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2001) |
| Spouse | Dolly Roy |
| Relatives | Tathagata Roy (brother) |
| Residence(s) | 162/D 593, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal, India-700 045 |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (MSc, LLB) |
| Profession | Academician |
As of 11 September, 2009 Source: [[1]] | |
Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Dum Dum constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[2]
A veteran politician from West Bengal, senior leader of Trinamool Congress, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Dum Dum constituency and re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. He had earlier been elected from Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1977. He was briefly the Union Minister of State for Petroleum in the Charan Singh Ministry and was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the UPA II Ministry from 2009 to 2012. He has been elected to the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly five times having been elected from Alipore (3 Terms), Dhakuria and Bangaon constituencies.[3]
On 11 January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Roy along with AITC MP Tapas Paul and MLA Mahua Moitra for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.[4]
A National Science Talent Search Scholar and a former student of St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College and Presidency College, Kolkata, he holds a post-graduate degree in Physics. He also holds a degree in law from Calcutta University. He is a retired professor of Physics from Asutosh College. He is married to Dolly Roy. His brother Tathagata is a politician from the BJP.
