Kalyan Banerjee (politician)
Kalyan Banerjee (Bengali: কল্যাণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) (born 4 January 1957) is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress. He has won the 2019 Indian general elections from the Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] He was earlier elected for the 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.[2]
Kalyan Banerjee | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Santasri Chatterjee |
| Constituency | Serampore |
| MLA | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| Succeeded by | Amitava Mukhopadhyay |
| Constituency | Asansol Uttar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1957 Asansol, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Smt. Chhabi Banerjee |
| Children | 1 Son & 1 Daughter |
| Residence | Ganga Darshan, 4, Raja KL Goswami St., Rajbati Serampore - 712201 West Bengal |
| Alma mater | Bankura Sammilani College, Bankura (B.Com) Ranchi Law College, Ranchi (LL.B) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Kalyan education qualification is B.Com. and LL.B. He is a well known advocate, who has been frequently taking up numerous cases for Trinamool Congress. He has been practicing in Calcutta High Court since 1981. Some of the cases he has handled are of Rizwanur Rahman Case, matters relating to Nandigram, Chhota Angaria Case, Bhikari Paswan Case, Imposition of Sec-144 in Singur and different land acquisition cases.[3]
He visited U.K. and U.S.A. as a member of a parliamentary team in October 2009.[3]
References
- "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- "Lok Sabha Elections 2014 – Know Your Candidates". Kalyan Banerjee. All India Trinamool Congress. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
