Saryu Roy (born 16 July 1951) is an Indian politician, who was formerly a BJP leader in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

and

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. He left BJP before 2019 assembly elections in Jharkhand, and won as an independent from Jamshedpur East, defeating the incumbent

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Early life and education

Career

He served as a Minister of Food and Supply Department in the BJP led government in the state of

. He was elected to Jharkhand assembly in December 2014 from Jamshedpur-West constituency for the second time after defeating his nearest rival

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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

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candidate Banna Gupta. Prior to this, in the undivided Bihar he served as an MLC for a six-year term from 1998 to 2004.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Saryu 1951 births Living people Members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand 21st-century Indian politicians