Balai Ray

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Balai Roy | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1925|11|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|3|22|1925|11|1}} | death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal | constituency = Burdwan, West Bengal | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term = 1996–1998 | predecessor = Sudhir Ray | successor = Nikhilananda Sar | party = CPI(M) | spouse = Chapala Ray | children = | website = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3765.htm }} '''Balai Roy''' (1925–2012) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Burdwan constituency of West Bengal in 1996 as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the advocate general of West Bengal under the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government and defended it in the cases relating to the Nandigram violence and Singur Tata Nano controversy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Ex-advocate-general-passes-away/articleshow/12375157.cms | title=Ex-advocate general passes away | work=The Times of India | date=23 March 2012 | accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HC-asks-Buddha-for-Nandigram-report/articleshow/1994596.cms | title=HC asks Buddha for Nandigram report | work=The Times of India | date=3 May 2007 | accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp39.htm | title=Partywise Comparison since 1977 Burdwan Parliamentary Constituency | publisher=Election Commission of India | accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3765.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Balai}} Category:1925 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Category:India MPs 1996–1997 Category:People from Bardhaman Category:Politicians from Purba Bardhaman district