Saryu Roy (politician)

Saryu Roy
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 November 2024
Preceded byBanna Gupta
ConstituencyJamshedpur West
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byBanna Gupta
Succeeded byBanna Gupta
ConstituencyJamshedpur West
In office
23 December 2019 – 23 November 2024
Preceded byRaghubar Das
Succeeded byPurnima Das Sahu
ConstituencyJamshedpur East
In office
2005–2009
Preceded byMrigendra Pratap Singh
Succeeded byBanna Gupta
ConstituencyJamshedpur West
Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand
In office
2014–2019
Chief MinisterRaghubar Das
MinistriesMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs, Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs
Personal details
Born (1951-07-16) 16 July 1951 (age 73)
Buxar, Bihar, India
Political partyJanata Dal (United) (2024-present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2019-2024)
Bharatiya Janata Party (until 2019)
Alma materPatna University
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial Website

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.

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]

On 4th August 2024, he joined Janata Dal (United) in the presence of Sanjay Kumar Jha in Patna.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Saryu Roy(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- JAMSHEDPUR WEST(EAST SINGHBHUM ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  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.
  3. ^ "JDU में शामिल हुए झारखंड के दिग्गज नेता सरयू राय, संजय झा ने दिलाई सदस्यता - Jharkhand veteran leader Saryu Rai joined JDU Sanjay Jha got him membership". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 4 August 2024.