Saugata Roy

Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and a Member of the Indian Parliament representing the Dum Dum constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.

Political career A veteran politician from West Bengal, senior leader of Trinamool Congress, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Dum Dum constituency and re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. He had earlier been elected from Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1977. He was briefly the Union Minister of State for Petroleum in the Charan Singh Ministry and was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the UPA II Ministry from 2009 to 2012. He has been elected to the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly five times having been elected from Alipore (3 Terms), Dhakuria and Bangaon constituencies.

2026 MPs Rebellion Following the 2026 Assembly Elections, 20 out of the 28 Members of Parliament from Trinamool Congress decided to leave Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress. They formed a new group and decided to merge with a relatively little known National Party, the Nationalist Citizen Party of India and presented a representation in this regards to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on 14 June 2026.

After this major split in the Trinamool Congress, only 8 Lok Sabha MPs remained loyal to Mamata Banerjee. The loyalist MPs included Abhishek Banerjee, Mahua Moitra, Saugata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Kirti Azad, Pratima Mondal and Sajda Ahmed.

The event is still unfolding.

Controversies On 11 January 2017, the then Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Roy along with TMC MP Tapas Paul and MLA Mahua Moitra for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.

Personal life A National Science Talent Search Scholar and a former student of St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College and Presidency College, Kolkata, he holds a post-graduate degree in Physics. He also holds a degree in law from Calcutta University. He is a retired professor of Physics from Asutosh College. He is married to Dolly Roy. His brother Tathagata is a politician from the BJP.

Positions held Period Position 26-Sep-2024 onwards Member, Committee on Finance 14-Aug-2024 onwards Member, Committee on Public Accounts June 2024 Elected to 18th Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 13-Sept-2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance 24-July-2019 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings May 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1-May-2017 to 25-May-2019 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 29-April-2015 to 25-May-2019 Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex 11-Dec-2014 to 25-May-2019 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence Member, Standing Committee on Finance 1-Sep-2014 to 25-May-2019 Member, Rules Committee 14-Aug-2014 to 30-April-2016 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings May 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 2009 to 22-Sept-2012 Union Minister of State, Urban Development 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term), from Dum Dum 1987 to 2009 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (five terms) 1979 Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals Member, Committee on Government Assurances 1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha, from Barrackpore 1973 to 1977 General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee 1968 to 1970 General Secretary, West Bengal Chhatra Parishad, Students Wing of the Congress