Brajagopal Roy (1935/1936 – 31 July 2022) was an Indian politician. Roy was the main leader of the
All India Forward Bloc
The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...
in the North-Eastern state of
Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...
. He was President of the AIFB Tripura State Committee and a member of the All India Secretariat of the party.
Roy was member of the
legislative assembly of Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...
1978–1983 and 1993–1998, representing the Town Bordowali constituency. In the 1998 election he lost his seat, coming second with 7665 votes (36.92%).
Roy stood as the
Left Front candidate in Town Bardowali in the 2003 state legislative assembly elections. Among others, he had to face dissident Forward Bloc candidate Nitish Das. Roy came second with 9844 votes (43,57%). Das came third with 331 votes (1,46%).
State Elections 2003 – Constituency wise detail for 8-Town Bordowali Constituency of TRIPURA
References
1930s births
2022 deaths
All India Forward Bloc politicians
Year of birth missing
Tripura MLAs 1977–1983
Tripura MLAs 1993–1998
{{Tripura-politician-stub