Ambika Roy is an Indian politician from

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. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the

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from

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Career

Roy hails from Nutan Birpur, Nakashipara,

Nadia district Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influe ...

. His is son of late Anil Chandra Roy and grandson of late Amulya Chandra Roy. He is junior of all 5 brothers and 2 sisters. He studied in Patikabari High School near

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. Roy passed

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from

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in 1996 and started practicing law in the

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. He worked as an activist of Bharatiya Janata Party in Kamrup,

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and was a member of Nikhil Bharat Bangali Udbastu Sammanway Samiti. He was also sent to jail for the issue of Bengali refugees in Assam, and harassed by the radical student union group AASU. Later, he contested in

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from

seat and won the seat on 2 May 2021.

References

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