Pramatha Nath Ray

Pramatha Nath Roy (7 October 1944 - 31 May 2019), popularly known as P. N. Roy, was an Indian politician and was the Minister of State for Development & Planning in the Government of West Bengal. He was an MLA, elected from the Kaliaganj Assembly constituency in 1996, 2001, 2011 and 2016.^[1][2][3]

Pramatha Nath Roy
Minister of State for Development & Planning
In office 20 May 2011 – 22 September 2012
Governor	M.K. Narayanan
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Upen Kisku
Succeeded by	Rachhpal Singh
MLA
In office 1996-2006, 13 May 2011 – 31 May 2019
Governor	M.K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Nani Gopal Roy
Succeeded by	Tapan Deb Singha
Constituency	Kaliaganj
Personal details
Born	(1944-10-07)October 7, 1944 Kaliaganj
Died	May 31, 2019(2019-05-31) (aged 74) Kolkata
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	2
Residence(s)	School Para, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur district

He resigned from the ministry when Congress withdrew its support to the Mamata Banerjee government in September 2012.^[4]

Personal life

Pramatha Nath Roy was a postgraduate in humanities.^[5]

Death

P. N. Roy died on 31 May 2019 at the end of 75 in Kolkata, causing his constituency to go vacant and have a bypoll, which was won by Tapan Deb Singha of All India Trinamool Congress.