Jyotipriya Mallick

Jyotipriya Mallick
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office
10 May 2021 – 17 February 2024
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Department
  • Forest Affairs
Preceded byRajib Banerjee (Forest Affairs)
Subrata Mukherjee (Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy)
Succeeded byBirbaha Hansda (Forest Affairs)
In office
20 May 2011 – 10 May 2021
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil (additional charge)
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Department
  • Food & Supplies
Succeeded byRathin Ghosh
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2011 – 4 May 2026
Preceded byP. K Bhattacharya
Succeeded byDebdas Mondal
ConstituencyHabra
In office
2001 – May 2011
ConstituencyGaighata
Personal details
Born (1957-11-17) 17 November 1957[1]
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress till 19th june 2026

Jyotipriya Mallick is an Indian politician and former Minister for Department of Forest Affairs and Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources[2] in the Government of West Bengal.[3] He previously served as the Minister for Food & Supplies in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Habra constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[4] In 2016 and 2021 assembly election he was re-elected from the same constituency.[5][6][7] On 27 October 2023 he was arrested by ED for ration scam. He was granted bail on 15 January 2025.[8] Mallick officially left the Trinamool on 20 June 2026, citing doctors advice concerning an illness.[9]

Controversy

On 27 October 2023, Mallick was arrested by the ED in the ration corruption case. He fell ill during the hearing after being produced in the court. He was then taken to ED custody after being discharged after 7 days in the hospital. He got bail on 15 January 2025.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Details submitted to CEO, WB in 2011" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "West Bengal Minister List 2021: Check full list of 43 cabinet ministers and their portfolios". The Financial Express. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "উত্তর ২৪ পরগনা ৩৩-০ হয়ে যাবে! প্রার্থী হয়েই ভোটের ফল নিয়ে চ্যালেঞ্জ জ্যোতিপ্রিয়র".
  4. ↑ "হাবড়া বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র ২০২১ : ভোটের প্রার্থী, ফলাফল". 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  6. ↑ All the Didi's men
  7. ↑ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Ex-minister Jyotipriya Mallick gets bail in ration scam after 14 months in jail". The Indian Express. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  9. ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jyotipriya-mallick-the-mamata-banerjee-loyalist-who-quit-trinamool-congress-citing-health-11662892
  10. ↑ "West Bengal 'Ration Scam': ED Arrests Minister Jyotipriya Mallick Under PMLA".
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