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Saugata Roy
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byAmitava Nandy
ConstituencyDum Dum, West Bengal
In office
23 March 1977 – 14 January 1980
Preceded byMohammad Ismail
Succeeded byMohammad Ismail
ConstituencyBarrackpore, West Bengal
Union Minister of State for Urban Development
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
In office
28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime MinisterChaudhary Charan Singh
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1987 – 13 May 2001
Preceded byAnup Kumar Chandra
Succeeded byTapas Paul
ConstituencyAlipore
In office
13 May 2001 – 11 May 2006
Preceded byKshiti Goswami
Succeeded byKshiti Goswami
ConstituencyDhakuria
In office
11 May 2006 – 16 May 2009
Preceded byBhupendranath Seth
Succeeded byGopal Seth
ConstituencyBangaon Dakshin
Personal details
Born (1949-08-06) 6 August 1949 (age 77)
Shillong, Assam Province, British India
(present-day Meghalaya, India)
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress (since 2001)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (until 2001)
SpouseDolly Roy
RelativesTathagata Roy (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (MSc, LLB)
ProfessionAcademician
As of 11 September, 2009
Source: [[1]]

Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and a Member 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

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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]

2026 MPs Rebellion

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Following the 2026 Assembly Elections, 20 out of the 28 Members of Parliament from Trinamool Congress decided to leave Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress. They formed a new group and decided to merge with a relatively little known National Party, the Nationalist Citizen Party of India and presented a representation in this regards to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on 14 June 2026. [4][5]

After this major split in the Trinamool Congress, only 8 Lok Sabha MPs remained loyal to Mamata Banerjee. The loyalist MPs included Abhishek Banerjee, Mahua Moitra, Saugata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Kirti Azad, Pratima Mondal and Sajda Ahmed. [6][7]

The event is still unfolding.

Controversies

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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.[8]

Personal life

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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

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

References

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  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. ↑ "'Have Magic Number, 6-7 Left With Mamata Banerjee': Rebel Trinamool MP Satabdi Roy". NDTV. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Trinamool rebellion reaches Delhi: 20 party MPs plan to form a separate bloc and support NDA". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Who's Still With Mamata Banerjee? A Look at TMC's MP Strength After Fresh Exits". Times Now. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "TMC vs 'Gaddar Team': Saugata Roy slams rebel MPs, accuses them of acting at NDA's behest". New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "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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