Sandhya Ray

Sandhya Ray (born 4 January 1974; Hindi pronunciation: [sən̪d̪ʱjaː ɾaːj]) is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhind, Madhya Pradesh since 2019 as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is also a member of Panel of Chairpersons in 18th Lok Sabha.^[1][2][3][4]

Sandhya Ray
Ray in 2020
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Bhagirath Prasad
Constituency	Bhind
Member of Legislative Assembly, Madhya Pradesh
In office 2003–2008
Succeeded by	Shiv Mangal Singh Tomar
Constituency	Dimani
Personal details
Born	(1974-01-04) 4 January 1974 (age 51) Kamra, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Suman Ray ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	3
Education	M.A, LL.B
Alma mater	Jiwaji University; Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal and Government State Level Law College, Bhopal (M.A., LL.B)
Profession	Advocate, agriculturalist

In 2024, Lok Sabha Election Sandhya Ray defeated INC's Phool Singh Baraiya by a margin of 64840 votes.^[5][6]

Personal life

Ray was born to father Sabharam Tainguriya and mother Ram Katori Bai Tainguriya in Kamra, Morena in Madhya Pradesh. She did her Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law from Jiwaji University, Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal and Government State Level Law College, Bhopal. She married Suman Ray on 16 April 1984, with whom she has two sons and a daughter. Ray is an advocate and agriculturalist by profession.^[1][7]