Chandrima Bhattacharya
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]
Chandrima Bhattacharya | |
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Minister of State, Government of West Bengal | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Governor | M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
MoS of |
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Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Member of Legislative Assembly (West Bengal) | |
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 | ![]() |
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Residence | 57E Garcha Road, Kolkata |
Profession | Politician |
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 | ||
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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 |