Samik Bhattacharya

Samik Bhattacharya is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is spokesperson of BJP's West Bengal state unit and a very well known face in Bengali media. Bhattacharya was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Basirhat Dakshin constituency in North 24 Parganas district.[2][3][4][5]

Samik Bhattacharya
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2016
Preceded byNarayan Mukherjee
Succeeded byDipendu Biswas
ConstituencyBasirhat Dakshin
Personal details
Born(1963-11-05)5 November 1963
Kolkata , West Bengal, India
CitizenshipIndian
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party[1]
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
MotherSmt. Ruby Bhattacharya
FatherShri Sailesh Bhattacharya
EducationBA
Alma materCalcutta University
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteBJP Bengal

Political career

Samik Bhattacharya went to West Bengal Legislative Assembly after winning 2014 by-election from Basirhat Dakshin constituency . He also contested 2016 assembly election from same seat but lost the election.

He lost 2019 Lok Sabha election from Dum Dum Parliamentary constituency as BJP candidate against AITC's candidate Sougata Roy .

References
  1. http://www.bjpbengal.org
  2. Samik Bhattacharya
  3. My Neta
  4. Did BJP let a bird in hand fly off in Bengal
  5. BJP wins by itself in WB assembly, for the first time


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