Ashok Bhattacharya

Ashok Bhattacharya is an Indian politician and the current 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 the northern region of West Bengal. He was the Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the Government of West Bengal for three consecutive terms (1996-2011).

The Honourable

Ashok Bhattacharya
Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation
Assumed office
12 May 2015
Preceded byGangotri Dutta
Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs of West Bengal
In office
1996–2011
Chief MinisterJyoti Basu
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Preceded byPrasanta Chandra Sur
Succeeded byFirad Hakim
Member of Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byRudra Nath Bhattacharya
ConstituencySiliguri
In office
1991–2011
Preceded byGour Chakraborty
Succeeded byRudra Nath Bhattacharya
ConstituencySiliguri
Personal details
Born (1949-04-01) 1 April 1949
Siliguri, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Alma materUniversity of North Bengal (B.Com)
ProfessionPolitician, social worker

Early Life

He was born in 1949 in Siliguri of West Bengal in Independent India. He was born and brought up in a Brahmin family. He completed his graduation from University of North Bengal in Siliguri, West Bengal.

Political Career

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.[1] He was elected to 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.[2] 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 power to 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 Indian 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.

References
  1. "For all-round development". Frontline, 1 – 14 January 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  2. "25 - Siliguri Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 September 2010.


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