Locket Chatterjee Explained

Locket Chatterjee
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency1:Hooghly
Term Start1:23 May 2019
Term End1:4 June 2024
Predecessor1:Ratna De
Successor1:Rachna Banerjee
Office2:General Secretary, BJP West Bengal
Term Start2:2020
Office3:President of BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
Term Start3:2017
Term End3:2020
Predecessor3:Roopa Ganguly
Successor3:Agnimitra Paul
Office4:Member of Women's Commission, West Bengal
Term Start4:2014
Term End4:2015
Birth Name:Locket Chatterjee
Birth Place:Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Prasenjit Bhattacharjee
Alma Mater:Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta (B.Sc)
Residence:Narendrapur, West Bengal, India
Birth Date:4 December 1974[1]
Committees:Member of Standing Committee, Information Technology
Awards:Kalakar Award
Signature:MP Locket Chatterjee Signature.jpg

Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and former Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), from West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative,[2] but is better known as an actress, in Tollywood. Previously, she was the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha, the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.[3] Now she is a General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal.

Early life

Chatterjee's father Anil Chatterjee was a purohit of Dakshineswar Kali Temple as was her grandfather. Her mother took her to dance school. Chatterjee went abroad with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe when she was a class VIII student.[4] She grew up by the Maa Ganga (popular as Hooghly) on the northern outskirts of Calcutta's Dakshineswar area.[5]

She later studied at Jogamaya Devi College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta.[6]

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

Political career

Chatterjee forayed into politics as a member of All India Trinamool Congress.[12] She severed ties with the Trinamool Congress and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015.[13] She contested 2016 assembly elections from Mayureshwar in West Bengal but lost to Abhijit Roy of AITC. In 2017 she replaced Roopa Ganguly as the president of BJP Mahila Morcha in West Bengal.

Member of Parliament

She contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Hooghly Lok Sabha seat against Ratna De and won getting 6,71,448 (46.06%) votes.[14] On 13 September 2019, she was selected as a Member of Standing Committee on Information Technology and since 9 October 2019 onwards, she served as Member of Committee on Empowerment of Women till her tenure. In spite of being a sitting MP, in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, she contested from Chuchura Vidhan Sabha seat and lost by a whopping 18,879 votes to AITC candidate Asit Mazumdar.

Subsequently, she failed to regain her constituency and lost to fellow actress, a newcomer to electoral politics, Rachna Banerjee of AITC in the 2024 Indian general election by a margin of 76,853.[15] [16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 31 October 2019 . Members : Lok Sabha . loksabhaph.nic.in.
  2. Web site: Locket Chatterjee biography . https://archive.today/20130127200909/http://www.itimes.com/public/locket.chatterjee/bio . dead . 27 January 2013 . itimes . 20 May 2012 .
  3. Web site: Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as WB BJP Mahila Morcha president . PTI . The Economic Times . 26 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170926144718/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/locket-chatterjee-replaces-roopa-ganguly-as-wb-bjp-mahila-morcha-president/articleshow/59742829.cms . 26 September 2017 . live.
  4. News: At 16, I got married: Locket . 20 May 2012 . 21 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010311/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-21/news-interviews/28618738_1_film-industry-dance-tour-dance-school . 5 October 2013 . . dead.
  5. News: Birthday Girl . 20 May 2012 . Telegraph Kolkata . 25 November 2008 . Calcutta, India . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234244/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111009/jsp/graphiti/story_14600416.jsp . 4 October 2013 . dead.
  6. Web site: History of the College - Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata, INDIA . jogamayadevicollege.org . 7 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403005423/http://jogamayadevicollege.org/history.htm . 3 April 2019 . dead.
  7. News: I will never attempt a ____: Subrata Sen . 24 May 2012 . 18 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232736/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/news-interviews/31764859_1_indie-films-independent-films-theatrical-release . 4 October 2013 . . dead.
  8. News: 'I'm totally inhibition-free' . 24 May 2012 . 10 March 2011 . Calcutta, India . The Telegraph . https://web.archive.org/web/20110831114358/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110310/jsp/entertainment/story_13690135.jsp . 31 August 2011 . dead.
  9. Web site: 1 March 2020 . Real to reel . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200301160915/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/real-to-reel/cid/334972 . 1 March 2020 . 21 April 2022 .
  10. News: She's on a roll . 20 May 2012 . The Daily Telegraph . 20 October 2010 . Calcutta, India . Kushali . Nag . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000340/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101020/jsp/entertainment/story_13076751.jsp . 5 October 2013 . dead.
  11. Web site: Kalakar award winners . Kalakar website . 16 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425155216/http://kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf . 25 April 2012.
  12. News: Bengali actor Locket Chatterjee joins BJP . The Economic Times . PTI . 5 February 2015 . 14 March 2024 . "When I joined TMC I had said I want to work. Now I am quitting it as I feel suffocated there and can't work," Chatterjee said after joining the party in the presence of BJP state president Rahul Sinha.
  13. News: 'Suffocated' Locket Chatterjee quits Trinamool, joins BJP . The Indian Express . 6 February 2015 . 14 March 2024.
  14. News: West Bengal: BJP's Locket Chatterjee leads from Hooghly, Mamata's anti-land acquisition launch pad . 23 May 2019 . The Times of India.
  15. Web site: General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 28 - Hooghly (West Bengal) . Election Commission of India . 5 June 2024.
  16. News: Rachana Banerjee wins the Hooghly seat in Lok Sabha elections 2024; Defeats Locket Chatterjee . The Times of India . 0971-8257 . 4 June 2024 . 5 June 2024.

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