Mandira Roy is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. She is a former member of

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, having won a by-election in 2013 for

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Education and personal life

Roy has an H.S.L.C. from Indre Kumari Girls Higher Secondary School. Roy is married to Gautam Roy, the son of Santosh Kumar Roy. The father and son were both former members of

for Katlicherra. Her husband also became a minister. Mandira and her husband have 2 children,

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and Sutanuka. Her son Rahul became a member of

for

in 2006 and unsuccessfully sought reelection in 2011 and 2016. He also tried to contest the Udharbond seat in

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as an independent and lost. Rahul is married to Daisy Roy, who also contested in

as an independent for

but was unsuccessful.

Political career

Roy was the

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candidate for the constituency of

, the same seat her son,

, had represented from 2006 to 2011. The seat had become vacant, after the sitting

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MLA, Sahidul Alam Choudhary, died on 20 November 2012. Roy polled 52,791 votes, defeating her nearest opponent by 991 votes. She took her oath of office and secrecy on March 3, 2013. She was administered her oath by Speaker Pranab Gogoi. She took the oath in

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, and was accompanied by her

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and

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. She thanked UPA chairperson

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and Assam Pradesh Congress president Bhubaneswar Khalita for the opportunity to serve in the assembly. She did not seek reelection and

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was the Congress candidate in

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but lost.

References

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