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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}{{Use Indian English|date=November 2020}}
{{infobox officeholder
| office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member]] of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Dhupguri constituency]]
| termstart1 = 2011
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| termend1 = 2016
| office2 = Chairman-Council Member of [[Dhupguri Municipality]]
| termstart2 = 2007
| termend2 = 2011
| predecessor1 = Laxmi Kanta Roy
| successor1 = [[Mitali Roy]]
}}
'''Mamata Roy''' is an Indian [[Anganwadi|anganwadi worker]] and former member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Mamata Roy 2011|url=http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=37|access-date=2020-11-20|website=myneta.info}}</ref> Between 2011–2016, she served as the representative of the [[Dhupguri constituency]] and as a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />

== Personal life ==
Mamata Roy is a resident of [[Dhupguri]] town in the [[Jalpaiguri district]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":0" /> She received her education from the Bairatiguri High School from where she passed out in 1992 and became an [[Integrated Child Development Services]] worker.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Mamata Roy 2016|url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=452|access-date=2020-11-20|website=myneta.info|publisher=[[Association for Democratic Reforms]]}}</ref> Roy identifies herself as a [[communist]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Tanmay|date=2020-09-04|title=Prashant Kishor’s team asks select Left leaders to join TMC. This followed|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prashant-kishor-s-team-asks-select-left-leaders-to-join-tmc-this-followed/story-4VIYe1U3OCymkeJM4xxz9L.html|access-date=2020-11-20|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In the 2007 elections for the municipality of Dhupguri, Roy contested as a candidate of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and was elected from ward number 7, polling at 58.92% of the votes cast in her favor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contesting Cand. for Munc.|url=http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(hpp4lz554oh5fhqo0z2el3eq))/writereaddata/Result_upload/Total%20Result%20of%205%20municipalities%20in%202007.pdf|website=wbsec.gov.in|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

Before the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], the communist party denied re-nomination for the legislator Laxmi Kanta Roy, two term incumbent from the Dhupguri constituency and instead nominated Roy to contest as the party candidate.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Giri|first=Pramod|date=2020-11-19|title=No Chhath puja at two main water bodies in Kolkata, rule Supreme Court, Calcutta HC|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/no-chhath-puja-at-two-main-water-bodies-in-kolkata-rule-supreme-court-calcutta-hc/story-VT6jgxiuCDwJC9SEQj7C6I.html|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, she emerged as the winning candidate against her primary opponent, Mina Barman who was the wife of the [[Trinamool Congress]]'s district head and was therefore was nominated as their candidate.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> Roy won the election polling at 42.25% of the votes cast in her favor against 39.82% of the votes cast in favor of Barman.<ref name=":3" /> During her tenure as the representative of the constituency, she was involved in organising an protest movement launched by the communist party in the Dhupguri area after a teenage girl was raped and murdered. The girl herself had earlier protested against a [[kangaroo court]] who had assaulted her farmer father over a equipment renting dispute; the kangaroo court was notably held in the presence of local leaders of the Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2014-09-04|title=Girl who opposed kangaroo court in West Bengal found dead|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/girl-who-opposed-kangaroo-court-in-west-bengal-found-dead/article6377741.ece|access-date=2020-11-20|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Roy was also involved in raising concerns and agitating against instances of starvation deaths in the tea gardens, and the lack of communication with local bodies and non-appointment of teachers by the state government in local educational institutions.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2015-12-16|title=No starvation deaths in tea gardens: Labour Minister Moloy Ghatak|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/no-starvation-deaths-in-tea-gardens/article7993694.ece|access-date=2020-11-20|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-16|title=Girls’ college inaugurated at Dhupguri|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/girls-college-inaugurated-at-dhupguri-15355.html|website=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], she lost her seat in the legislature to the new Trinamool Congress candidate [[Mitali Roy]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bangal-general-legislative-election-2016/|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> who had contested as an independent candidate in the previous election.<ref name=":3" /> In August 2020, Roy testified that she was contacted by the Trinamool Congress and presented with an offer to her supply her with funds to contest the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] as their candidate from the constituency, which she refused. The incident was corroborated by Laxmi Kanta Roy who testified that a similar offer was rejected by him a few days earlier.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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