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 Land and Land Reforms
  • Refugee and Rehabilitation
2Blankname1:Chief Minister
2Namedata1:Mamata Banerjee
Governor1:M. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan
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 Start3:2017
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:All India Trinamool Congress
Nationality: India

Chandrima Bhattacharya[1] is an All India 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 All India Trinamool Congress ticket from Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2011 and 2021 and from Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 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.