Partha Chatterjee (politician)

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Partha Chatterjee
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Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office
10 May 2021 – 28 July 2022
GovernorM.K. Narayanan
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Ministry and Departments
Preceded byNirupam Sen
Amit Mitra
Sailen Sarkar
Dr. Debesh Das
In office
20 May 2011 – 20 December 2012
In office
20 May 2014 – 10 May 2021
GovernorM.K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Ministry and DepartmentsMinistry of School Education
Preceded byBratya Basu
Succeeded byBratya Basu
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2001
Preceded byNirmal Mukherjee
ConstituencyBehala Paschim
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
21 September 2006 – 13 May 2011
DeputyAbu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Preceded byPankaj Kumar Banerjee
Succeeded byDr Surjya Kanta Mishra
ConstituencyBehala Paschim
Personal details
Born (1952-10-06) 6 October 1952 (age 71)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		All India Trinamool Congress (till 2022)
Indian National Congress (till 1998)
Spouse(s)Babli (Jayasree) Chatterjee[1][2]
ChildrenSohini Chatterjee[3]
ResidenceKolkata
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (BA)
IISWBM (MBA)

Partha Chatterjee (born 6 October 1952) is an Indian politician who earlier served as the minister of Commerce and Industries and formerly served as the Education Minister of Government of West Bengal.[4] He represents Trinamool Congress. He also held the political office of General Secretary of West Bengal of the All India Trinamool Congress.

Early life[edit]

Partha Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. His alma mater is Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur[5] and then Asutosh College, where he studied economics.[citation needed] He completed his MBA from ISWBM.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Partha Chatterjee worked as an HR professional with Andrew Yule.

He was elected as an MLA from Behala Paschim in 2001, and subsequently re-elected from the same constituency in 2006. In 2011 he won by a margin of 59,021 votes.[6][7] He was Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011.[8]

In 2016 and 2021 West Bengal assembly election he was re-elected from the same constituency.

He was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 20 May 2011 and allotted the portfolios of Commerce and Industry, Public Enterprises, Information Technology and Electronics and Parliamentary affairs.[9]

He was nominated as deputy leader of the house in 2011.[10] After the Assembly election 2016, he became the Minister-in-Charge of Higher Education and School Education Department, West Bengal Government[11][12] and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Public Enterprises, Information Technology and Electronics replaced by Amit Mitra.

After 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, once again the portfolios of Commerce and Industry, Information Technology and Electronics were given to him and the Ministry of Higher Education and School Education Department, West Bengal Government replaced him with Bratya Basu.

Controversy[edit]

In July 2022, Chatterjee was arrested from his residence by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the state-level School Service Commission (SSC) scam case along with his aide actress Arpita Mukherjee. He was admitted to SSKM Hospital after complaining of chest pains.[13] Later, he was shifted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar where doctors said that he suffers from chronic diseases but do not need immediate hospitalization. He is currently in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate.[14]Till July 28, 2022, ED has recovered ₹49.8 Crores cash, gold worth ₹5 Crores and coded diaries.[15] On 28 July he was expelled from three Ministries due to the alleged School Service Commission scam.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee's wife dead". Press Trust of India. Kolkata. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bengal Minister's Mother Dies Aged 91, TMC Leaders Offer Condolences". Press Trust of India. Kolkata. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Press Trust of India (5 April 2016). "Chip off the old block: Candidates turn to their sons, daughters for help during election campaigns". Firstpost. Kolkata. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Nag, Jayatri. "WB Trinamool Minister Partha Chatterjee has been summoned by CBI again". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Partha focus on poor show in tech tests". The Telegraph. 15 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "113 - Behala West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Behala Paschim". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Team Mamata". The Telegraph 9 April 2011. Calcutta, India. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "The Ministry". The Telegraph, 21 May 2011. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  10. ↑ Ganguly, Arnab (16 May 2011). "Mamata issues model code Dos and don'ts for Trinamul ranks". The Telegraph 16 May 2011. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "West Bengal education minister calls teachers 'cows'". The New Indian Express. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "List of Ministers in Mamata's cabinet". thehindu.com. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Bengal SSC scam case LIVE Updates: Arrested Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee admitted to state-run SSKM Hospital". India Today. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "ED Gets 10 Days' Custody of Arrested WB Minister Partha Chatterjee, Associate". The Wire. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Rs 49.8 Crore Cash, Rs 5 Crore Gold and Coded Diaries: The Bengal Scam Haul So Far. And Counting?". News18. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Bengal SSC Scam LIVE Updates: Partha Chatterjee Sacked as Minister Over Graft Charges, May be Removed as TMC Gen Secy Too". News18. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by
Bratya Basu 		Minister of Education
in the West Bengal Government
2014 – 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
? 		Parliamentary Affairs
in the West Bengal Government
2014 – 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
? 		Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2011 – 2016 		Succeeded by
Surjya Kanta Mishra
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