Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury

Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury is an Indian advocate and politician who served as the Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Minister of Food processing and Horticulture from West Bengal.He was former MLA from English Bazar and Chairman of English Bazar Municipality.

Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury
Chairman of English Bazar Municipality
In office
2006–2017
Succeeded byNihar Ranjan Ghosh
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office
2013-2020
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Minister of
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Succeeded byBratya Basu
Minister of Food processing and Horticulture
In office
2014-2016
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2006-2016
Preceded bySamar Ray
Succeeded byNihar Ranjan Ghosh
ConstituencyEnglish Bazar
Personal details
Born (1958-08-17) 17 August 1958
Malda
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (present), Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)Kakali Choudhury
ResidenceBeltala house Village:Golapatty , PO: English Bazar Malda
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (L.L.B)
ProfessionLawyer

Introduction

Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury, son of Manindra Narayan Choudhury, was born in 1958 in a well known jamindar family of Malda District . He is BA and LLB from Calcutta University.[1]

Political forays

He started his political journey in 1974 with Congress.After several year in INC he left Congress in 1998 and joined Trinamool Congress, but returned to Congress in 2006. He subsequently rejoined Trinamool Congress in 2013.[2]

Electoral achievements

He had won the English Bazar seat in 2006 and 2011 as a Congress candidate.[3][4] After switching over to Trinamool Congress the second time, he won a by-election in 2013 from the same constituency.[5]

Ministerial berths

He initially joined the Council of Ministers of West Bengal as tourism minister in 2013 and was shifted to food processing and horticulture department in 2014.[6]

He was also Chairman of English Bazar municipality for several year in subsequent term in 1995,2000,2010 and 2015[2]

References

  1. "Krishnendu Narayan Chodhury". Affidavit details. Empowering India. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. "Congress MLA accuses Ghani Khan family of treating him as a slave". Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury all set to join Trinamool again. The Indian Express,28 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. "Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also". The Statesman, 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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