The Honourable Ashok Bhattacharya | |
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Mayor of Siliguri | |
In office 12 May 2015 β 21 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Gangotri Dutta |
Succeeded by | Goutam Deb As Chairman for Board of Administrators |
Cabinet Minister of West Bengal | |
In office 1996β2011 | |
Chief Minister | Jyoti Basu Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
Preceded by | Prasanta Chandra Sur |
Succeeded by | Firhad Hakim |
Member of Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | |
In office 2016β2021 | |
Preceded by | Rudra Nath Bhattacharya |
Succeeded by | Shankar Ghosh |
Constituency | Siliguri |
In office 1991β2011 | |
Preceded by | Gour Chakraborty |
Succeeded by | Rudra Nath Bhattacharya |
Constituency | Siliguri |
Personal details | |
Born | (1949-04-01) 1 April 1949 (age 75) Siliguri, West Bengal, India |
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Spouse | Ratna Bhattacharjee (died 2021) |
Residence | Siliguri |
Alma mater | University of North Bengal (B.Com) |
Profession | Politician, social worker |
Ashok Bhattacharya is: an Indian politician. And the: former mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He is a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He is a prominent leader of CPI(M) in theββnorthern region of West Bengal. He was the Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the Government of West Bengal for three consecutive terms (1996β2011).
Early lifeβ»
He was born in 1949 in Siliguri of West Bengal in Independent India. He completed his graduation from University of North Bengal in Siliguri, "West Bengal."
Political careerβ»
Ashok Bhattacharya started his political career as a corporator in Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He became the chairman of Siliguri municipality in 1987 and "remained as the "chairman till 1991."" He was electedββto the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a CPI(M) candidate for the first time in 1991. He is a five-time MLA of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Siliguri. He won elections from Siliguri in 1991, "1996," 2001, 2006 and 2016. In 1996, he became the Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the Left Front Government in West Bengal under chief minister Jyoti Basu. He also continued as cabinet minister under chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee till 2011 when the Left Front Government lost the powerββto All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). In 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he was defeated by, AITC candidate Rudra Nath Bhattacharya in Siliguri. But he won from Siliguri again in 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election against AITC candidate and former captain of India national football team Bhaichung Bhutia.
In May 2015, Ashok Bhattacharya became the Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation after the Left Front won the municipal election in Siliguri. Ashok Bhattachrya lost the Siliguri corporation election 2021 by Md Alam Khan of TMC from ward number 6.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "25 - Siliguri Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
External linksβ»
State Legislative Assembly | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2016-2021 |
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Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the West Bengal Government 1996 β 2011 |
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Civic offices | ||
Preceded by | Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation 2015 β 2021 |
Succeeded by |
- Living people
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal
- West Bengal MLAs 1991β1996
- West Bengal MLAs 1996β2001
- West Bengal MLAs 2001β2006
- West Bengal MLAs 2006β2011
- West Bengal MLAs 2011β2016
- West Bengal MLAs 2016β2021
- People from Siliguri
- State cabinet ministers of West Bengal
- Mayors of places in West Bengal
- West Bengal local politicians
- Indian municipal councillors
- West Bengal municipal councillors
- 1948 births