Preceded by Pranab Mukherjee Spouse(s) Chitralekha Mukherjee Party Indian National Congress Nationality Indian Education Jadavpur University | Succeeded by Dipak Chatterjee Role Indian Politician Preceded by Dipak Chatterjee Name Abhijit Mukherjee | |
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Born 2 January 1960 (age 64)
Hoogley, West Bengal, India ( 1960-01-02 ) Political party Indian National Congress Parents Pranab Mukherjee, Suvra Mukherjee Grandparents Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, Rajlakshmi Mukherjee Aunts Annanapurna Bandapadhay, Annapurna Banerjee Similar People Pranab Mukherjee, Sharmistha Mukherjee, Suvra Mukherjee, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Arnab Goswami | ||
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Abhijit Mukherjee (born 2 January 1960) is an Indian politician who serves as Member of Parliament (MP) from the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC).
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- The best indian debate ever arnab goswami vs abhijit mukherjee
- The newshour debate abhijit mukherjee s sexist comment part 1 of 4
- Early years
- Professional career
- Political career
- Painteddented controversy
- References
Mukherjee won the 2012 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency election by 2,536 votes defeating his nearest CPI(M) rival Muzaffar Hussain. The seat was vacated by his father President Pranab Mukherjee after he was elected as the President.
Mukherjee was reelected to Lok Sabha from Jangipur in 2014.
The newshour debate abhijit mukherjee s sexist comment part 1 of 4
Early years
Abhijit Mukherjee was born in a Bengali family on 2 January 1960 in Hoogly in West Bengal. He is the son of Pranab Mukherjee (the current President of India) and Suvra Mukherjee. His grandfather, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was active in the Indian independence movement and was a member of West Bengal Legislative Council between 1952 and 1964 as a representative of the Indian National Congress. Mukherjee graduated with a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from the Jadavpur University in 1984.
Professional career
Mukherjee has worked as a corporate executive for firms like the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Maruti Udyog Limited and the Steel Authority of India Limited. He was General Manager in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR] in the Steel Authority of India Limited.
Political career
Mukherjee began his political career with the Indian National Congress. In the 2011 elections, Mukherjee defeated Dipak Chatterjee of AIFB to win the legislative seat of Nalhati.
"Painted–dented" controversy
In December 2012, Mukherjee faced widespread criticism when, in the aftermath of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, he referred to the protestors as women who were "highly dented and painted". In an interview to ABP News, he also said that these women go to discothèques and are disconnected with reality. The remarks caused a huge controversy, almost as large as the original rape issue. His sister Sharmishtha expressed surprise at the remarks, and said that their family was not like this. Abhijit later apologized for his sexist comments.