Rabindranath Bhattacharjee is an Indian
politician
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. He is also an
MLA, elected from the
Singur
Singur is a census town in Singur CD Block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Singur is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 ft), and is si ...
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. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 1 ...
. Bhattacharjee better known as “Mastermoshai” which means teacher.
Political career
In 2001, Bhattacharjee won the
Singur constituency as
All India Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress ( English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cu ...
. He was instrumental in mobilizing land acquisition of a proposed Tata Nano factory in Singur. This was one of the causes which led to the defeat of the longest-serving democratically elected
Communist
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government in the world, ending the 34-year rule of the
Left Front government, a fact that was noted by the international media.
From May 2011 to November 2012, he was Minister for Agriculture in
Mamata Banerjee ministry and was Minister for Statistics & Programme Implementation November 2012 to May 2016.
In 2021 elections,
All India Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress ( English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cu ...
denied a ticket for Bhattacharjee. He joined
Bharatiya Janata Party
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and became the candidate from
Singur
Singur is a census town in Singur CD Block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Singur is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 ft), and is si ...
.
References
1932 births
Living people
West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006
West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011
West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016
West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021
State cabinet ministers of West Bengal
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal
Former members of Trinamool Congress
People from Singur
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