Saryu_Roy_(Politician)

Saryu Roy (politician)

Saryu Roy (politician)

Indian politician

Saryu Roy (born 16 July 1951) is an Indian politician, who was formerly a BJP leader in Bihar and Jharkhand. He left BJP before 2019 assembly elections in Jharkhand, and won as an independent from Jamshedpur East, defeating the incumbent Chief Minister Raghubar Das.

Quick Facts Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, Preceded by ...

Career

He served as a Minister of Food and Supply Department in the BJP led government in the state of Jharkhand. He was elected to Jharkhand assembly in December 2014 from Jamshedpur-West constituency for the second time after defeating his nearest rival Banna Gupta by a margin of over 10,000 votes.

He was first elected as an MLA from Jamshedpur-West constituency in 2005. He lost the 2009 assembly seat by a narrow margin of around 3000 votes to the then INC candidate Banna Gupta. Prior to this, in the undivided Bihar he served as an MLC for a six-year term from 1998 to 2004.[1][2]

References

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    "Saryu Roy(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- JAMSHEDPUR WEST(EAST SINGHBHUM ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  2. [2]
    Edmund, Deepu Sebastian (3 November 2014). "BJP names 63 candidates in J'khand, skips 5 AJSU seats". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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