Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya

Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
The Honourable MP; Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 April 2020
Preceded by	Ritabrata Banerjee
Constituency	West Bengal
37th Mayor of Kolkata
	In office; 5 July 2005 – 16 June 2010
Deputy	Kalyan Mukherjee
Preceded by	Subrata Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Sovan Chatterjee
Constituency	Ward No. 100
Personal details
Born	27 November 1951; Kolkata, West Bengal
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya or Bikash Bhattacharya (Bengali বিকাশরঞ্জন ভট্টাচার্য্য) is an Indian politician. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1] He served as Mayor of Kolkata from 2005–2010, heading the Kolkata municipal corporation, led by the Left Front (West Bengal) in the state of West Bengal. He is also an eminent advocate practicing in the Calcutta High Court and has appeared in various landmark cases.[2]

Short biography

Bikash Bhattacharya hails from the Kalighat region of Kolkata.[3] He joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as a student. He is a lawyer by profession. He took over the reins of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation from the outgoing Mayor Subroto Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress party. He was appointed as the Advocate General of Tripura for 5 years. Being a senior advocate he leads various remarkable cases like "Saradha", "Narada sting operation" etc. Recently, he has become the poster-boy of TMC government opposition by his cascading eloquence and fiery oratory. He fought from the Jadavpur Loksabha constituency in 2019 Loksabha election for CPI(M) in which he faced defeat and received third position behind Mimi Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress party and Anupam Hazra of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

References

Das, Madhuparna (20 March 2020). "The CPI(M) leader who tripped party boss Sitaram Yechury to enter Rajya Sabha". The Print.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/ex-mayor-and-noted-lawyer-bikash-bhattacharya-to-contest-bengal-rs-seat-as-left-congress-candidate/story-QzP4hDlRzJeYCmnuAwmvKI.html
Konar, Debasish (5 February 2006). "The Chosen One Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya". The Times of India. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 15 July 2008.

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[1] Das, Madhuparna (20 March 2020). "The CPI(M) leader who tripped party boss Sitaram Yechury to enter Rajya Sabha". The Print.

[2] ttps://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/ex-mayor-and-noted-lawyer-bikash-bhattacharya-to-contest-bengal-rs-seat-as-left-congress-candidate/story-QzP4hDlRzJeYCmnuAwmvKI.html

[3] Konar, Debasish (5 February 2006). "The Chosen One Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya". The Times of India. Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 15 July 2008.