Locket Chatterjee

Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is a Bengali actress, Indian politician and Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative,[2] but is better known as an actress.Previouly,She was the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha, the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.[3]. Now She is a General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal

Locket Chatterjee

MP
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRatna De
ConstituencyHooghly
General Secretary BJP West Bengal
Assumed office
2020
President of BJP Mahila Morcha West Bengal
In office
2017–2020
Preceded byRoopa Ganguly
Succeeded byAgnimitra Paul
Personal details
Born
Locket Chatterjee

(1974-12-04) 4 December 1974[1]
Kolkata, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2015-present)
Other political
affiliations		All India Trinamool Congress (till 2015)
Spouse(s)Prasenjit Bhattacharjee
Children1 son
MotherAparna Chatterjee
FatherAnil Chatterjee
ResidenceNarendrapur,West Bengal
Alma materJogmaya Devi College,University of Calcutta (B.Sc)
OccupationActress, Dancer, BJP Politician,Member of Parliament,General Secretary Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
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Early life

Chattarjee's father Sri.Anil Chatterjee was a purohit of Dakshineswar Temple as was her grandfather.She is the Grand Daughter of Thakur Sri.Ramkrishna.Her mother took her to dance school. Chatterjee went abroad with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe when she was a class VIII student.[4] She grew up by the Ganges on the northern outskirts of Calcutta's Dakshineswar area.[5]

She later studied at Jogamaya Devi College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta.[6]

Filmography

Films

Television
  • Maa Manasha (ETV Bangla)[5]
  • Bhalobasha Theke Jaye (ETV Bangla)[9]
  • Durgeshnandini, a TV adaptation of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel, directed by Tarun Majumdar. Locket played the role of Munnibai.[10]

Awards

Political career

Locket Chatterjee forayed into the political realm as a member of AITC. She severed ties with AITC and joined BJP in 2015. She contested 2016 assembly elections from Mayureshwar in West Bengal but lost to Abhijit Roy of AITC. In 2017 she replaced Roopa Ganguly as the president of BJP Mahila Morcha in West Bengal.

Member of Parliament

She contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Hoogly Lok Sabha seat against Ratna De and won by 6,71,448 (46.06%) votes.[12]

On 13 September 2019, She was selected as a Member of Standing Committee on Information Technology and on 9 October 2019 onwards she's serving as Member of Committee on Empowerment of Women.

See also

References
  1. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. "Locket Chatterjee biography". itimes. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. PTI. "Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as WB BJP Mahila Morcha president". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. "At 16, I got married: Locket". Times of India. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. "Birthday Girl". Telegraph Kolkata. Calcutta, India. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  6. "History of the College - Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata, INDIA". www.jogamayadevicollege.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. "I will never attempt a ____: Subrata Sen". Times of India. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  8. "'I'm totally inhibition-free'". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  9. Nag, Kushali (15 October 2011). "Real to reel". Telegraph, Kolkata. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  10. Nag, Kushali (20 October 2010). "She's on a roll". Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  11. "Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  12. "West Bengal: BJP's Locket Chatterjee leads from Hooghly, Mamata's anti-land acquisition launch pad". Times of India. 23 May 2019.
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