| Office | Minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of West Bengal |
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| Office | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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| Born | 1955-12-05 (age 71)
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| Political party | Trinamool Congress
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Chandrima Bhattacharya[1] is an Trinamool Congress politician in India and the current 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
- ↑ Chandrima Bhattacharya: One among Mamata's reliable lieutenants. The Indian Express(2021-03-22). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ↑ Chief Minister's Office - Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ Mamata inducts two new ministers. The Sunday Indian, 16 January 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Junior minister for legal leg-up. The Telegraph, 27 October 2012.
- ↑ Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister. Business Standard India(22 November 2012).
- ↑ Election Watch Reporter. My Neta.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission.
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