Tapas Roy | |
Birth Date: | 1956 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Hindmotor, West Bengal, India |
Constituency2: | Bara Bazar |
Term Start2: | 2001 |
Term End2: | 2006 |
Predecessor2: | Rajesh Khaitan |
Successor2: | Mohammad Sohrab |
Constituency3: | Vidyasagar |
Term Start3: | 1996 |
Term End3: | 2001 |
Predecessor3: | Lakshmi Kanta Dey |
Successor3: | Lakshmi Kanta Dey |
Office1: | Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Constituency1: | Baranagar |
Term Start1: | 2011 |
Term End1: | 2024 |
Successor1: | Sayantika Banerjee |
Predecessor1: | Amar Chaudhuri |
Successor: | Amit Mitra |
Office4: | Minister of State for Statistics, Planning and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Government of West Bengal |
Term Start4: | 2018 |
Term End4: | 2021 |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present) |
Alma Mater: | Surendranath College |
Office: | Deputy Chief Whip of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Government of West Bengal |
Term Start: | 2016 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Mamata Banerjee |
2Blankname: | Department |
2Namedata: | Planning and Statistics (Independent Charge) |
Predecessor: | Ashima Patra |
Term End: | 2024 |
Office5: | Councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
Term5: | 1985-1990 & 1995-2000 |
Constituency5: | Ward No. 48 |
Otherparty: | All India Trinamool Congress (2001-2024) Indian National Congress (1971-2001) |
Tapas Roy is an Indian politician. He was Minister of State for Planning and Statistics in West Bengal, India.[1] He was elected as a legislator of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2001, 2011, 2016 and 2021.[2] [3] [4] [5] He was an All India Trinamool Congress politician. On 4 March 2024, Roy quit Trinamool Congress and resigned from the post of MLA. On 6 March 2024, Roy became a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.[6] [7]