Samik Bhattacharya (born 5 November 1963) is an Indian politician from West Bengal, who is serving as

member of Rajya Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of the Indian states to the upper house of the Parliament of India which is known as "Rajya Sabha" (constitutionally "Council of States"). Rajya Sabha MPs are e ...

from

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

since 3 April 2024. A member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

, Bhattacharya was the first member of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...

from the Basirhat Dakshin constituency from 2014 until 2016. He was also the chief spokesperson of the BJP West Bengal 2020 to 2024. Samik Bhattacharya was nominated as Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for the

Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...

polls in 2024. Samik Bhattacharya took oath on 4 April as new Rajya Sabha MP.

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1981 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal Politicians from North 24 Parganas district West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal People from Basirhat subdivision {{WestBengal-BJP-politician-stub