Chandrima Bhattacharya

Chandrima Bhattacharya
Chandrima Bhattacharya
Minister of State, Government of West Bengal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2012
Governor	M. K. Narayanan ; D. Y. Patil ; Keshari Nath Tripathi ; Jagdeep Dhankhar
MoS of	Health and Family Welfare; Law and Justice; Housing (I/C); Land Reforms & Refugee Relief; Rehabilitation; Panchayats and Rural Development;
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Member of Legislative Assembly (West Bengal)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2017
Preceded by	Dibyendu Adhikari
Constituency	Kanthi Dakshin
	In office; 2011–2016
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Constituency	Dum Dum Uttar
Personal details
Born	5 December 1955
Nationality	India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Residence	57E Garcha Road, Kolkata
Profession	Politician

Chandrima Bhattacharya is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and the current Minister of State for Housing (Independent Charge), Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms & Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation, Panchayats and Rural Development[1] of the Government of West Bengal. Previously she acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 after Mamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister.[2] She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012.[3] She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of Judicial and Law Department, Government of West Bengal in November 2012.[4]

Bhattacharya holds a B.Com (1972) and an LL.B (1976) degree from the University of Calcutta.[5] She was also a practising advocate in Calcutta High Court till the 2011 elections.[3]

She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on an All India Trinamool Congress ticket from Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2017.[6]

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Mamata inducts two new ministers". The Sunday Indian, 16 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
"Junior minister for legal leg-up". The Telegraph, 27 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
"Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister". Business Standard 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
"Election Watch Reporter". My Neta. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
"General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly
New seat	Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2011 – 2016	Succeeded by Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Preceded by Dibyendu Adhikari	Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2017 –	Incumbent

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[minister-2] "Mamata inducts two new ministers". The Sunday Indian, 16 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[law-3] "Junior minister for legal leg-up". The Telegraph, 27 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[4] "Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister". Business Standard 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[5] "Election Watch Reporter". My Neta. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[vidhansabha2011-6] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.