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Pramatha Nath Ray

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Pramatha Nath Roy
Minister of State for Development & Planning
In office
20 May 2011 – 22 September 2012
GovernorM.K. Narayanan
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byUpen Kisku
Succeeded byRachhpal Singh
MLA
In office
1996-2006, 13 May 2011 – 31 May 2019
GovernorM.K. Narayanan
Preceded byNani Gopal Roy
Succeeded byTapan Deb Singha
ConstituencyKaliaganj
Personal details
Born(1944-10-07)October 7, 1944
Kaliaganj
DiedMay 31, 2019(2019-05-31) (aged 74)
Kolkata
Political partyIndian National Congress
ChildrenDitashree Roy
Residence(s)School Para, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur district

Pramatha Nath Roy (7 October 1944 - 31 May 2019), popularly known as P. N. Roy, was an Indian politician and was the Minister of State for Development & Planning in the Government of West Bengal. He was an MLA, elected from the Kaliaganj Assembly constituency in 1996, 2001, 2011 and 2016.[1][2][3]

He resigned from the ministry when Congress withdrew its support to the Mamata Banerjee government in September 2012.[4]

Personal life

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Pramatha Nath Roy was a postgraduate in humanities.[5]

Death

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P. N. Roy died on 31 May 2019 at the end of 75 in Kolkata, causing his constituency to go vacant and have a bypoll, which was won by Tapan Deb Singha of All India Trinamool Congress.

References

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  1. ^ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  3. ^ All the Didi's men
  4. ^ "6 Congress ministers quit, withdraw support to the Mamata government". rediff.com, 22 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Election Watch Reporter". My Neta. Retrieved 31 July 2014.