Rabindranath Bhattacharya
Indian politician
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Rabindranath Bhattacharya is an Indian politician.[1] He was also an MLA, elected from the Singur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election. Bhattacharjee is better known as “Mastermoshai” which means teacher.[2]
Rabindranath Bhattacharya | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Agriculture | |
| In office 20 May 2011 – 21 November 2012 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Asish Banerjee |
| Constituency | Singur |
| Minister for Statistics & Programme Implementation | |
| In office 21 November 2012 – 10 May 2016 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Chandranath Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Asish Banerjee |
| Constituency | Singur |
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2001–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Bidyut Kumar Das |
| Succeeded by | Becharam Manna |
| Constituency | Singur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1932 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | Trinamool Congress (1998–2021) |
| Children | 1 |
Political career
In 2001, Bhattacharjee won the Singur constituency for Trinamool Congress.[3] He was instrumental in mobilizing land acquisition of a proposed Tata Nano factory in Singur.[4] This was one of the causes which led to the defeat of the longest-serving democratically elected Communist government in the world, ending the 34-year rule of the Left Front government, a fact that was noted by the international media.[5] He played a crucial role in the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement launched by Mamata Banerjee.[6][7][8]
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.[9]
In 2021 elections, TMC denied a ticket for Bhattacharjee. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party and became the candidate from Singur.[10][11]
