Pranjit Singha Roy is a politician from Tripura,

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. In 2013 assembly elections, he represented Radhakishorpur constituency in

Gomati district Gomati district is a district of Tripura, India. This district was created in January 2012 when four new districts were created in Tripura, taking the number of districts in the state from four to eight. Udaipur is its headquarters. The district ...

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. In 2016, he was one of the six MLAs from

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who joined

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, due to unhappiness with party because of allying

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. In August 2017, he was one of the six MLAs from

who joined

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after they cross voted against the party lines in

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