Ranajit Kumar Roy

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Ranajit Kumar Roy

|native_name = রণজিত কুমার রায়

|native_name_lang = bn

|constituency_MP = Jessore-4

|parliament = Bangladesh

|term_start = 25 January 2009

|term_end = 29 January 2024

|predecessor = M. M. Amin Uddin

|successor = Enamul Haque Babul

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1 February 1955|df=y}}

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

Ranajit Kumar Roy (born 1 February 1955) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-4 constituency.

Early life

Roy was born on 1 February 1955. He has studied up to H.S.C or grade 12.{{cite web |title=Ranajit Kumar Roy Biography |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/159/biography |website=Amarmp |accessdate=15 November 2018}}

Career

Roy was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Jessore-4 as an Awami League candidate.{{Cite web|title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online|url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008|access-date=2021-07-08|website=amardesh.com|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184342/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=81&Year=2008|url-status=dead}}

Roy was re-elected to Parliament in 2014 from Jessore-4 as an Awami League candidate.{{cite web |title=Ranajit Kumar Roy History |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/159/history |website=Amarmp |accessdate=15 November 2018}}

Roy was re-elected to Parliament in 2019 from Jessore-4 as an Awami League candidate with 273,234 votes while his nearest rival, TS Ayub of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 30,874.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Jashore-4 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Jashore-4&d=khulna|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Daily Star|language=en}} His nomination was opposed by Awami League activists from Jessore who described him as corrupt at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity; allegations he has refuted.{{cite news |title=Don't nominate 'corrupt' lawmakers |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/dont-nominate-corrupt-lawmakers-1637749 |accessdate=15 November 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=24 September 2018 |language=en}}

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