Chandrima Bhattacharya is an

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politician and the current

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for

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''(Independent Charge)'', Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Refugee and Rehabilitation of the

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. Previously, she acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 after

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took over as Chief Minister. She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012. She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of Law and Judicial Department,

in November 2012. Bhattacharya holds an LL.B (1976) degree from the

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. She was also a practising advocate in

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till the 2011 elections. She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on an

ticket from Dum Dum Uttar in

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and

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and from Kanthi Dakshin in 2017.

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