Saryu Roy | |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1951 |
Birth Place: | Buxar, Bihar, India |
Office: | Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 23 December 2019 |
Predecessor: | Raghubar Das |
Constituency: | Jamshedpur East |
Term Start2: | 2014 |
Term End2: | 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Banna Gupta |
Successor2: | Banna Gupta |
Constituency2: | Jamshedpur West |
Term Start3: | 2005 |
Term End3: | 2009 |
Predecessor3: | Mrigendra Pratap Singh |
Successor3: | Banna Gupta |
Constituency3: | Jamshedpur West |
Office4: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand |
2Blankname4: | Ministries |
2Namedata4: | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs |
1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata4: | Raghubar Das |
Term Start4: | 2014 |
Term End4: | 2019 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Janata Dal (United) |
Otherparty: | Independent (2019-2024)Bharatiya Janata Party (Till 2019) |
Alma Mater: | Patna University |
Occupation: | Politician |
Website: | Official 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.
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 joins Janata Dal (United) in presence of Sanjay Kumar Jha in New Delhi.[3]