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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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06 Jan 1949
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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, P.O. Entally,
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Kolkata-700 014, West Bengal
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Tel : (033) 22175010, 09433086118, 09013180066 (M)
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Present Address
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Flat No. 1 (Duplex), North Avenue,
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New Delhi-110 001
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Tels. : (011) 23094200, 09013180066 (M)
Telefax : (011) 23094201
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Positions Held
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1987-98 & 2006-09
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (Four Terms)
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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, Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development
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Member, Standing 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, Standing Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme
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Member, Standing 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 term)
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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July 2011
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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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May 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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Leader, AITC Party in Lok Sabha (16th)
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13 June 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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2 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
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15 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
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08 Oct. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex
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29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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1 Sept. 2016 - 25 May 2019
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Railways
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7 June 2018 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva-Bharati
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May 2019
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Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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20 June 2019 onwards
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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13 Sept. 2019 - 12 Sept. 2022
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
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09 Oct. 2019 onwards
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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21 Nov. 2019 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
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23 Oct. 2019 - 21 Dec. 2020
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
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2020 onwards
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Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva-Bharati
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22 Dec. 2020 onwards
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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13 Sept. 2022 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
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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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Widely Travelled
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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.)
Attended the Session of United Nations (U.N.) both at Geneva and New York representing India. Also represented the country in the United Nations General Assembly Session (UNGA) at New York and on the concluding day of the Central Session of UNGA, i.e., on 1st November, 2017 in the main auditorium of the Central Hall, U.N., New York, U.S.A.
Earlier, in 2016, was present in the Ceremony held in the St. Peter`s Basilica at Vatican City of Rome, where Nobel laureate, Mother Teresa was conferred Sainthood by Pope Francis in the month of September 2016. In this year, also attended the Business Summit held at Munich in Germany hosted by the Hon`ble Chief Minister, West Bengal.
Also visited many countries of the world while on tour with Indian Parliamentary Delegation team.
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