Khageswar Roy is an Indian politician from

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and also founding member with Kalyan Chakravarti, Kalyan Hor, Mridul Ghoshwami, Baban Paul, Purna prava Barman, and others in

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

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from Rajganj. He also served as

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until 2022. After that Mahua Gope succeeded as a new President of Jalpaiguri District TMC Unit.

Career

Roy is from Rajganj,

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. His father's name is Ramkamal Roy. He passed Higher Secondary Education from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1972 from Belakoba High School. He contested

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from Rajganj Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 2 May 2021.

References

People from Jalpaiguri district Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 {{WestBengal-politician-stub