Khageswar Roy

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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| office = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 2009

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| constituency = Rajganj

| predecessor = Mahendra Kumar Roy

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| party = All India Trinamool Congress

| residence = Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal

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| profession = Politician

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Khageswar Roy is an Indian politician from Trinamool Congress and also founding member with Kalyan Chakravarti, Kalyan Hor, Mridul Ghoshwami,

Baban Paul, Purna prava Barman, and others in Jalpaiguri district. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Rajganj. He also served as Chairman of Jalpaiguri district All India Trinamool Congress until 2022. After that Mahua Gope{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=In major Trinamool rejig, most district unit chiefs replaced |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/in-major-trinamool-rejig-most-partha-chatterjee-tmc-reshuffle-mamata-banerjee-kolkata-8064780/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} succeeded as a new President of Jalpaiguri District TMC Unit. {{Cite web|date=2021-05-02|title=Rajganj Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Khageswar Roy of TMC Leading|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/rajganj-election-result-2021-live-updates-rajganj-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3695471.html|access-date=2021-05-15|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Khageswar Roy Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of West-bengal Assembly|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election-candidates-list-2021/khageswar-roy-25018-8|access-date=2021-05-15|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}

Career

Roy is from Rajganj, Jalpaiguri district. His father's name is Ramkamal Roy.{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/MTQyNTI=/MTY=/MTA=/Mw==/QUM=|access-date=2021-05-15|website=affidavit.eci.gov.in}} He passed Higher Secondary Education from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1972 from Belakoba High School.{{Cite web|title=Khageswar Roy(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- RAJGANJ(JALPAIGURI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:|url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=459|access-date=2021-05-15|website=myneta.info}} He contested 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Rajganj Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 2 May 2021.{{Cite web|title=Rajganj, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/rajganj-west-bengal-assembly-election-result-2021-live-updates-1797101-2021-05-02|access-date=2021-05-15|website=India Today|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-02|title=Rajganj (West Bengal) Assembly Election Results 2021 Live: Winner, Runner-up|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/rajganj-west-bengal-assembly-election-results-2021-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-7294307/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

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