Chandrima Bhattacharya Explained

Chandrima Bhattacharya
Birth Date:5 December 1955
Residence:57E Garcha Road, Kolkata
Profession:Politician
Office1:Minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of West Bengal
1Blankname1:Department
1Namedata1:
  • Finance (I/C)
  • Health and Family Welfare (MoS)
  • Land and Land Reforms (MoS)
  • Refugee and Rehabilitation (MoS)
2Blankname1:Chief Minister
2Namedata1:Mamata Banerjee
Governor1:M. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil (additional charge)
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose
Term Start1:2012
Office2:Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:2 May 2021
Constituency2:Dum Dum Uttar
Predecessor2:Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Constituency3:Kanthi Dakshin
Term Start3:2016
Term End3:2021
Predecessor3:Dibyendu Adhikari
Successor3:Arup Kumar Das
Constituency4:Dum Dum Uttar
Term Start4:2011
Term End4:2016
Predecessor4:Constituency established
Successor4:Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Party:Trinamool Congress
Nationality: India

Chandrima Bhattacharya[1] is an Trinamool Congress politician and the current Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge), Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Refugee and Rehabilitation[2] 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.[3] She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012.[4] She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of Law and Judicial Department, Government of West Bengal in November 2012.[5]

Bhattacharya holds an LL.B (1976) degree from the University of Calcutta.[6] She was also a practising advocate in Calcutta High Court till the 2011 elections.[4]

She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on an Trinamool Congress ticket from Dum Dum Uttar in 2011 and 2021 and from Kanthi Dakshin in 2017.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-03-22. Chandrima Bhattacharya: One among Mamata's reliable lieutenants. 2021-03-23. The Indian Express. en.
  2. Web site: Chief Minister's Office - Government of West Bengal . 29 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161223173653/http://www.wbcmo.gov.in/ministers.aspx . 23 December 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Mamata inducts two new ministers . The Sunday Indian, 16 January 2012 . 19 August 2014 .
  4. Web site: Junior minister for legal leg-up . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903113844/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121027/jsp/bengal/story_16128013.jsp#.U_86BWPYfIU. dead. 3 September 2014. The Telegraph, 27 October 2012. 19 August 2014.
  5. News: Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister . Business Standard India . 22 November 2012 . Business Standard 22 November 2012. 29 October 2014. Press Trust of India .
  6. Web site: Election Watch Reporter. My Neta . 19 August 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 13 August 2014.