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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rabindranath Bhattacharya
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|09|1|df=y}}
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| office = Minister for Agriculture
| term_start = 20 May 2011
| term_end = 21 November 2012
| constituency = [[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur]]
| predecessor =
| successor = Dr. [[Asish Banerjee]]
| governor = [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| office2 = Minister for Statistics & Programme Implementation
| term_start2 = 21 November 2012
| term_end2 = 10 May 2016
| predecessor2 = [[Chandranath Sinha]]
| successor2 = [[Asish Banerjee]]
| governor2 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| constituency2 = [[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur]]
| office3 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
| constituency3 = [[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur]]
| term_start3 = 2001
| term_end3 = 2021
| predecessor3 = [[Bidyut Kumar Das]]
| successor3 = [[Becharam Manna]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021–present)
| other_party = [[Trinamool Congress]] (1998–2021)
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| children = 1
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'''Rabindranath Bhattacharya''' is an Indian [[politician]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2035875.ece|title=Key Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet|access-date=22 May 2011 | location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu|date=21 May 2011}}</ref> He was also an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], elected from the [[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur]] constituency in the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]]. Bhattacharjee is better known as “Mastermoshai” which means teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20210412-fumbling-at-the-finish-line-1786459-2021-04-02 |title=Fumbling at the finish line |publisher=The India Today |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

== Political career ==

In 2001, Bhattacharjee won the [[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur constituency]] for [[Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |title=TMC rebel Rabindranath Bhattacharya quits politics |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tmc-rebel-rabindranath-bhattacharya-quits-politics-287223.html |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |language=en}}</ref> He was instrumental in mobilizing land acquisition of a proposed Tata Nano factory in Singur.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Rabi |title=Testing Triumph, For Mamata Banerjee, the Singur verdict is both a victory and a challenge |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/mamata-banerjee-singur-verdict.html |work=theweek.in}}</ref> This was one of the causes which led to the defeat of the longest-serving democratically elected [[Communist]] government in the world, ending the 34-year rule of the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] government, a fact that was noted by the international media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/2011513143311330487.html |title=Defeat rocks India's elected communists - Features |publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref> He played a crucial role in the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement launched by Mamata Banerjee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kundu |first1=Indrajit |title=BJP workers oppose party's decision to field former TMC MLA from Singur, say he targeted cadre |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/bjp-tmc-singur-rabindranath-bhattacharya-bhattacharjee-workers-protest-seat-allocation-1779258-2021-03-14 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Uttam |title=Rabindranath Bhattacharya, the Trinamul minister who had played a key role in the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur, was today allegedly denied an invite to a party-organised farmers' convention in the area. |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/land-protest-leader-left-out-of-singur-show/cid/1319485 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Snigdhendu |title=The two generals of the Singur movement |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/the-two-generals-of-the-singur-movement/story-aoP2bHacAxVLS79s7iZXjL.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

From May 2011 to November 2012, he was Minister for Agriculture in [[First Banerjee ministry|Mamata Banerjee ministry]] and was Minister for Statistics & Programme Implementation November 2012 to May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mamata-banerjee-cabinet-reshuffle-west-bengal-lok-sabha-election-bjp-tmc-1536735-2019-05-28 |title=TMC Turmoil: Miffed Mamata Banerjee likely to reshuffle her cabinet |publisher=The India Today |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

In 2021 elections, TMC denied a ticket for Bhattacharjee. He joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and became the candidate from [[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/political-musical-chair-continues-in-bengal/article34020525.ece |title=Political musical chair continues in Bengal |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/14-years-after-protests-against-land-acquistion-jobs-and-industrialisation-are-the-poll-pitch-in-singur/article34273077.ece |title=14 years after protests against land {{as written|acquis|tion, [sic]}} jobs and industrialisation are the poll pitch in Singur |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

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