Jyotipriya Mallick is an Indian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and former Minister for Department of Forest Affairs and Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources in the

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. He previously served as the Minister for Food & Supplies in the

. He is also an MLA, elected from the Habra constituency in the

2011 West Bengal state assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 Ap ...

. In

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

assembly election he was re-elected from the same constituency. On 27 October 2023 he was arrested by ED for ration scam. He is currently in jail custody for corruption.

Controversy

On 27 October 2023 Jyotipriya Mallick was arrested by the ED in the ration corruption case. He fell ill during the hearing after being produced in the court. He was then taken to ED custody after being discharged after 7 days in the hospital. He is currently in jail for ration corruption.

References

State cabinet ministers of West Bengal Living people 1958 births West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal People from Kolkata district {{WestBengal-politician-stub