Ambika Roy is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kalyani.[1][2]

Ambika Roy
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byRamendra Nath Biswas
ConstituencyKalyani
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)Nakashipara, Nadia district, West Bengal
Alma materCalcutta University
ProfessionPolitician, Advocate

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Roy hails from Nutan Birpur, Nakashipara, Nadia district. His is son of late Anil Chandra Roy and grandson of late Amulya Chandra Roy. He is junior of all 5 brothers and 2 sisters.[3] He studied in Patikabari High School near Bethuadahri. Roy passed LL.B from University of Calcutta in 1996 and started practicing law in the Supreme Court of India .[4] He worked as an activist of Bharatiya Janata Party in Kamrup, Assam and was a member of Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Sammanway Samiti. He was also sent to jail for the issue of Bengali refugees in Assam, and harassed by the radical student union group AASU. Later, he contested in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Kalyani seat and won the seat on 2 May 2021.[5][6]

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  1. ^ "Ambika Roy | West Bengal Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Ambika Roy Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of West-bengal Assembly". NDTV.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Election Commission of India". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ambika Roy(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KALYANI (SC)(NADIA) – Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ "West Bengal assembly election 2021: Full list of winners". The Financial Express. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ^ TimesNow. "Kalyani Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE – Kalyani Vidhan Sabha Election Results". TimesNow. Retrieved 4 May 2021.