Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

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Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Minister of Agriculture
Government of West Bengal
Assumed office
10 May 2021
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byAsish Banerjee
Minister for Power & Non Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal
In office
27 May 2016 – 9 May 2021
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byManish Gupta
Succeeded byAroop Biswas
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 November 2021
Preceded byKajal Sinha
ConstituencyKhardaha
Majority93,832
In office
2 May 2021 – 21 May 2021
Preceded byMamata Banerjee
Succeeded byMamata Banerjee
ConstituencyBhabanipur
Majority28,719
In office
1998 — 2021
Preceded byDr. Hoimi Basu
Succeeded byDebasish Kumar
ConstituencyRashbehari
In office
1991–1998
Preceded byHemen Majumdar
Succeeded bySujan Chakraborty
ConstituencyBaruipur Paschim
Personal details
Born (1944-01-30) 30 January 1944 (age 77)
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (1998 – present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (1976-1998)
Spouse(s)Supriya Chattopadhyay
Children2 Sons
ResidenceBhabanipur
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (B.Sc.-LL.B.)

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay is an Indian politician representing All India Trinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party, elected in 1998. He was the founder president of INTTUC the labour wing of his party Trinamool Congress.

He was the Government Chief Whip of his first TMC govt. in the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha from 2011 to 2016. On 27 May 2016 he took charge as the Hon'ble Minister of Power & Non Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal.[1]

A boxer in his younger days, he is a veteran trade union leader, armed with degrees in science and law.[2][3] He is president of Kolkata Auto Rickshaw Operators’ Union.[4]

Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay won the Baruipur seat as a Congress candidate in 1991 and 1996[5][6]and as a Trinamool Congress candidate won the Rasbehari seat in 2001 and 2006.[7][8] In 2011 he was pitted against a green-horn and won by nearly 50,000 votes and was further re-elected in 2016. Currently he is the Minister-in-Charge, Department of Power and Non Conventional Energy Sources in the Government of West Bengal.[2] He resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Bannerjee to contest West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Ganguly, Arnab (16 May 2011). "Mamata issues model code Dos and don'ts for Trinamul ranks". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 16 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b Mitra, Tirthankar. "A one-sided contest more than ever before". The Statesman 19 April 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. ^ "DIAL M FOR MLA". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 16 May 2011. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Strike may bring city to a standstill today". The Statesman 6 September 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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