Know your Politician
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Bisweswar Bandyopadhyay
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Jyotsna Bandyopadhyay
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Date of Birth
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10.12.1952
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Place of Birth
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Berhampore, Distt. Murshidabad (West Bengal)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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15 Jul 1991
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Nayna Bandyopadhyay
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Sc.
Educated at K.N. College, Berhampore, West Bengal
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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72/4, S.N. Banerjee Road, Waverly Mansion,
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P.O. Entally, Kolkata-700 014, West Bengal
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(033) 22175010, 09013180066 (M), Fax. (033) 22175010
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Present Address |
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1-B, Maulana Azad Road,
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New Delhi-110 011
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Telefax. (011) 23061153, 23061101
9013180066, 9433086118 (M)
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Position Held |
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1987-98 & 2006-09
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (four term)
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1998
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Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
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Member, Committee on Communications
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Chief Whip, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme
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Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf Board
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2000-2001
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd terms)
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Consultative Committee on Defence
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July 2011 onwards
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Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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July 2011 – 22 Sept. 2012
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Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
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2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Broadly involved in different social, cultural activities and associated with a number
of cultural organisations; sang Rabindra Sangeet in Central Hall of Parliament on the
occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary in 1998
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Special Interests
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Development and renovation of river Ganga in the city of Kolkata and to make Ganga free of pollution
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading national and international magazines and spending leisure time with pets
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Countries Visited
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Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, France, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.
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Other Information
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Resigned from Indian National Congress and Assembly Membership in 1998 on moral grounds
and subsequently contested for Lok Sabha seat as a Trinamool Congress candidate; Founder Member, All India Trinamool Congress,(A.I.T.C.); Former President, West Bengal Youth Congress; General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee; Spokesperson, All India Trinamool Congress (A.I.T.C.)
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Reference: Loksabha