Haripada Bharati | |
Term Start1: | 1980 |
Term End1: | 1982 |
Predecessor1: | office established |
Term Start2: | 1977 |
Term End2: | 1982 |
Predecessor2: | Ila Roy |
Constituency2: | Jorabagan |
Haripada Bharati (also known as "Master Mosai")who was the West bengal who served as a first president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal.[1] In 1977 he was elected MLA from Jorabagan Assembly Constituency as a Janata Party candidate.[2] He was also the Principal of Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah.[3]
He contested the General election of 1967 as Bharatiya Jana Sangh candidate from Calcutta North West and got 82,455 (21.08%) votes. In General election of 1971 he again contested as an independent candidate from the same constituency and got around 34,397 (21.08%) votes. In the year 1980, he again contested from Jadavpur as Janata Party candidate and got 31846 votes.