Priya Dutt
| Priya Dutt Roncon | |
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Priya Dutt at Lavasa Womens Drive 2011
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| Member: 14th and 15th Lok Sabha | |
| Preceded by | Sunil Dutt |
| Succeeded by | Poonam Mahajan Rao |
| Constituency | Mumbai North Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 August 1966 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Owen Roncon |
| Relations | Dutt family |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
Sunil Dutt Nargis |
| Residence | Pali Hill, Bandra, Mumbai |
| Profession | Social worker, politician |
| Website | www |
Priya Dutt Roncon (born 28 August 1966) is an Indian politician. She was elected for the first time to the 14th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra on 22 November 2005, representing the Indian National Congress party. She represented the Mumbai North Central constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha from 2009. In the 2014 Indian general election, she was defeated by Poonam Mahajan of the BJP by a margin of around 1.86 lakh votes.
Priya Dutt is the daughter of the late Bollywood actor and politician Sunil Dutt and Nargis. She is of Punjabi descent. Her parents were elected to represent the Indian National Congress and her father was a government minister. She is the sister of actor Sanjay Dutt and Namrata Dutt. With her sister, she published a memoir, Mr and Mrs Dutt: Memories of our Parents, in 2007.
She is married to Owen Roncon who is a Catholic
She received her B.A. degree in sociology from Sophia College, Mumbai University. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in television production from the Center for Media Arts, New York City, New York, United States.
In 2004, following the death of her father, Sunil Dutt, and despite a low voter turnout, she won her seat in the Lok Sabha by a margin of 172,043 votes over the Shiv Sena candidate. Dutt received considerable media attention for this victory, partially on account of her famous family.
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