Chandrima Bhattacharya

Chandrima Bhattacharya
State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress
In office
5 June 2026 – 4 July 2026
Preceded bySubrata Bakshi
Succeeded byMamata Banerjee
Minister of State ''(I/C)'', Government of West Bengal
In office
2021–2026
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose
R. N. Ravi
Department
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byAmit Mitra
Succeeded bySwapan Dasgupta
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2 May 2021 – 7 May 2026
Preceded byTanmoy Bhattacharya
Succeeded bySourav Sikdar
ConstituencyDum Dum Uttar
In office
19 November 2016 – 2 May 2021
Preceded byDibyendu Adhikari
Succeeded byArup Kumar Das
ConstituencyKanthi Dakshin
In office
14 May 2011 – 20 May 2016
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTanmoy Bhattacharya
ConstituencyDum Dum Uttar
Minister of State of the Government of West Bengal
In office
2012–2026
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil (additional charge)

Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose
R. N. Ravi

Personal details
Born (1955-12-05) 5 December 1955
PartyTrinamool Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Chandrima Bhattacharya[1] is an Trinamool Congress politician in India and President of All India Trinamool Congress, West Bengal. She was the former 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Chandrima Bhattacharya: One among Mamata's reliable lieutenants". The Indian Express. 22 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Chief Minister's Office - Government of West Bengal". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mamata inducts two new ministers". The Sunday Indian, 16 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 "Junior minister for legal leg-up". The Telegraph, 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister". Business Standard India. Business Standard 22 November 2012. Press Trust of India. 22 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Election Watch Reporter". My Neta. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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