Parthasarathi Chatterjee is an Indian politician from

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. In May 2021, he was elected as a member of the

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from Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (constituency). He defeated Shankar Singha of

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by 23,128 votes in 2021 West Bengal Assembly election. Several BJP workers attacked while protesting and alleging corruption in the central government's project Prime Minister's Housing Scheme and 100-day work. The BJP on 14 July 2021, blocked National Highway 12 (Near

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) to protest the arrest of no one so far. MLA Partha Sarathi Chatterjee and district BJP president Ashok Chakraborty were present at the blockade.

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