Ratna De Explained

Dr Ratna De Nag
Birth Name:Dr Ratna Nag
Birth Date:1948 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Serampore, West Bengal, India
Residence:Serampore
Kolkata
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Office1:Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Predecessor1:Sk.Amjad Hossain
Termstart1:2 May 2021
Predecessor2:Jyoti Chowdhury
Constituency2:Serampore, Hooghly
Term Start2:2001
Office4:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Predecessor4:Rupchand Pal
Successor4:Locket Chatterjee
Termstart4:2009
Termend4:2019
Constituency4:Hooghly
Office3:Chairperson of Hooghly District Trinamool Congress
Term Start3:4 July 2019
Term End3:16 August 2021
President3:Dilip Yadav
Successor3:Asima Patra
Children:2
Date:11 September
Year:2009
Source:[1]
Governor:Jagdeep Dhankhar
Predecessor:
Successor:
Termend2:2008
Termstart:10 May 2021
Termend:2 August 2022
Office:Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Government of West Bengal
2Namedata:
1Namedata:Mamata Banerjee
2Blankname:Department
1Blankname:Chief Minister
Constituency1:Pandua, Hooghly
Successor2:Dr. Sudipto Roy

Dr Ratna De Nag (born 6 September 1948) is an Indian politician who has been serving as Minister of State for EnvironmentScience, Technology and Bio-Technology in the Government of West Bengal. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha from Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), which includes the Singur area. She lost the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 to Locket Chatterjee, who was elected as a BJP candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2021 election, she was elected as the MLA of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Pandua Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

She is daughter of Gopal Das Nag, who was Labour Minister in the Congress government under Siddhartha Shankar Ray. In 2001 and 2006, she won the assembly election from Sreerampur (Serampore).[2] [3] [4]

A doctor (MBBS and DCH) by profession, she was Member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, Lok Sabha. She was a member of the Panel of chairpersons in the 16th Lok Sabha.[5] [6] [7]

She was sworn in as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) as a part of the 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee with the portfolios of Department of Environment[8] and Department of Science & Technology and Bio-Technology.[9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . 2009-09-11 . Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha.
  2. Web site: Why Mamata didn't give women MPs a chance . 2009-08-12.
  3. Web site: Dr. Ratna De(nag) . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003123612/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/keycandidate/8583.html. dead. 2012-10-03. 2009-08-12.
  4. Web site: 180 Serampore Assembly Constituency . 2009-08-12 . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410185213/http://eci.nic.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp180.htm . 10 April 2009.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-03-27 . 2016-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320195510/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/panel_chairmen.pdf . dead .
  6. News: Ten-member Panel of Chairpersons in Lok Sabha. The Economic Times.
  7. News: Modi's remark against Manmohan triggers walkout by Congress. The Hindu. 8 February 2017.
  8. Web site: Environmental Department, Govt. of West Bengal. www.environmentwb.gov.in.
  9. Web site: Department Of Science & Technology And Biotechnology. www.wbdstbt.in.
  10. Web site: ১০টা ৪৫-এ শপথ, নীলবাড়িতে মমতার নতুন মন্ত্রিসভায় অভিজ্ঞ ২৭, একদম নতুন ১৬. www.anandabazar.com. bn.
  11. Web site: West Bengal: Amit Mitra, 42 others set to join Mamata's third cabinet - Times of India. The Times of India.