Saryu Roy
Saryu Roy is an Indian politician, who was formerly a BJP leader in Bihar and Jharkhand. He left BJP before 2019 [Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2019 assembly elections in Jharkhand], and won as an independent from Jamshedpur East, defeating the incumbent Chief [Minister of Jharkhand|Chief Minister] Raghubar Das.
Career
He served as a Raghubar [Das ministry|Minister of Food and Supply Department] in the BJP led government in the state of Jharkhand. He was elected to Jharkhand [Legislative Assembly|Jharkhand assembly] in 2014 [Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|December 2014] from Jamshedpur-West constituency for the second time after defeating his nearest rival Banna Gupta by a margin of over 10,000 votes.He was first elected as an MLA from Jamshedpur-West constituency in 2005. He lost the 2009 assembly seat by a narrow margin of around 3000 votes to the then INC candidate Banna Gupta. Prior to this, in the undivided Bihar he served as an MLC for a six-year term from 1998 to 2004.
On 4 August 2024, he joined Janata Dal (United) in the presence of Sanjay Kumar Jha in Patna.He was elected as an MLA from Jamshedpur-West constituency in 2024 on JD ticket.