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Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury is an Indian advocate and politician currently serves as State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress .He has served as the Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Minister of Food processing and Horticulture from West Bengal.He was former MLA from English Bazar and Chairman of English Bazar Municipality.
Introduction
Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury, son of Manindra Narayan Choudhury, was born in 1958 in a well known jamindar family of Malda District . He is BA and LLB from Calcutta University.[1]
Political forays
He started his political journey in 1974 with Congress.After several year in INC he left Congress in 1998 and joined Trinamool Congress, but returned to Congress in 2006. He subsequently rejoined Trinamool Congress in 2013.[2]
Electoral achievements
He had won the English Bazar seat in 2006 and 2011 as a Congress candidate.[3][4] After switching over to Trinamool Congress the second time, he won a by-election in 2013 from the same constituency.[5]
Ministerial berths
He initially joined the Council of Ministers of West Bengal as tourism minister in 2013 and was shifted to food processing and horticulture department in 2014.[6]
He was also Chairman of English Bazar municipality for several year in subsequent term in 1995,2000,2010 and 2015[2]
References
- ↑ Krishnendu Narayan Chodhury. Empowering India.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Congress MLA accuses Ghani Khan family of treating him as a slave. The Indian Express,28 October 2012.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission.
- ↑ Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati. moneycontrol.com.
- ↑ Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also. The Statesman, 28 May 2014.