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Saugata Roy

Saugata Roy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byAmitava Nandy
ConstituencyDum Dum
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byMd. Ismail
Succeeded byMd. Ismail
ConstituencyBarrackpore
Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India
In office
22 May 2009 – 22 September 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterJaipal Reddy
Kamal Nath
Preceded byAjay Maken
Succeeded byDeepa Dasmunsi
Union Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India
In office
1979–1980
Prime MinisterChaudhary Charan Singh
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2006–2009
Preceded byBhupendranath Seth
Succeeded byGopal Seth
ConstituencyBangaon Dakshin
In office
1987–2001
Preceded byAnup Kumar Chandra
Succeeded byTapas Paul
ConstituencyAlipore
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byKshiti Goswami
Succeeded byKshiti Goswami
ConstituencyDhakuria
Personal details
Born (1946-08-06) 6 August 1946 (age 78)
Shillong, Assam, British India (now Meghalaya)
Political partyTrinamool Congress (2001–present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (until 2001)
SpouseDolly Roy
RelativesTathagata Roy (brother)
Residence(s)162/D 593, Lake Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal, India-700 045
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (MSc, LLB)
ProfessionAcademic
As of 11 September, 2009
Source: [[1]]

Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Dum Dum constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[2]

Political career

A veteran politician from West Bengal, senior leader of Trinamool Congress, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Dum Dum constituency and re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. He had earlier been elected from Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1977. He was briefly the Union Minister of State for Petroleum in the Charan Singh Ministry and was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the UPA II Ministry from 2009 to 2012. He has been elected to the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly five times having been elected from Alipore (3 Terms), Dhakuria and Bangaon constituencies.[3]

Controversies

On 11 January 2017, the then Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Roy along with TMC MP Tapas Paul and MLA Mahua Moitra for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.[4]

Personal life

A National Science Talent Search Scholar and a former student of St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College and Presidency College, Kolkata, he holds a post-graduate degree in Physics. He also holds a degree in law from Calcutta University. He is a retired professor of Physics from Asutosh College. He is married to Dolly Roy. His brother Tathagata is a politician from the BJP.

Positions held

Period Position
26-Sep-2024 onwards Member, Committee on Finance
14-Aug-2024 onwards Member, Committee on Public Accounts
June 2024 Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
13-Sept-2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance
24-July-2019 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
May 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1-May-2017 to 25-May-2019 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
29-April-2015 to 25-May-2019 Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex
11-Dec-2014 to 25-May-2019 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
Member, Standing Committee on Finance
1-Sep-2014 to 25-May-2019 Member, Rules Committee
14-Aug-2014 to 30-April-2016 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
May 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
2009 to 22-Sept-2012 Union Minister of State, Urban Development
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1987 to 2009 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (five terms)
1979 Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals
Member, Committee on Government Assurances
1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
1973 to 1977 General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
1968 to 1970 General Secretary, West Bengal Chhatra Parishad, Students Wing of the Congress

References

  1. ^ "Roy, Prof Saugata". Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Team Manmohun". NDTV. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state". new Kerala.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Rose valley chit fund case: Babul Supriyo sends defamation notices to TMC leaders for linking him to scam". The Indian Express. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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