Abani Roy (10 March 1939 – 25 November 2021) was a member of the

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, the upper house of the

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, where he represented

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. He was the leader of the Revolutionary Socialist Party. He was General Secretary of

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. He associated with the RSP since the age of 20 in 1959, Roy was the member of its Central Secretariat, besides being the general secretary of the party for a brief period. His first foray into electoral politics was in 1978, when he was elected to the Kolkata Corporation. He entered the Rajya Sabha in 1998 and retired in August 2011. He died on 25 November 2021 at the age of 84 at

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in Delhi.

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Profile on Rajya Sabha website
1939 births 2021 deaths Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians University of Calcutta alumni Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal {{WestBengal-politician-stub