Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury (born 17 August 1957) is an Indian advocate and politician who is the Chairman of English Bazar Municipality. He has been the

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and Minister of

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and

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from

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. He was former MLA from English Bazar and State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress.

Introduction

Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury, son of Manindra Narayan Choudhury, was born in 1958 in a well known jamindar family of Malda District. He is BA and LLB from Calcutta University.

Political forays

He started his political journey in 1974 with

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. After several years he left Congress in 1998 and joined

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, but returned to Congress in 2006. He subsequently rejoined Trinamool Congress in 2013.

Electoral achievements

He had won the English Bazar seat in 2006 and 2011 as a Congress candidate. After switching over to Trinamool Congress the second time, he won a by-election in 2013 from the same constituency.

Ministerial berths

He initially joined the Council of Ministers of West Bengal as tourism minister in 2013 and was shifted to food processing and horticulture department in 2014. He was also Chairman of English Bazar municipality for several years in subsequent terms in 1995, 2000, 2010 and 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hridoy ishan khan 1958 births Living people West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 People from Malda district Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal State cabinet ministers of West Bengal Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal