Religion Hindusim Spouse(s) Jiten Chakravarty | Role Indian Politician Constituency Guwahati Name Bijoya Chakravarty | |
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Children Ranajit Chakravarty and Suman Haripriya | ||
Discussion on the general budget 2015 16 smt bijoya chakravarty 16 03 2015
Bijoya Chakravarty (born 1939 in Jorhat, Assam), is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Contents
- Discussion on the general budget 2015 16 smt bijoya chakravarty 16 03 2015
- National highways no 39 and 53 in manipur smt bijoya chakravarty 19 08 2010
- Background
- Personal life
- Positions held
- References
National highways no 39 and 53 in manipur smt bijoya chakravarty 19 08 2010
Background
Bijoya began her political career in the Janata Party. She subsequently joined the regional Asom Gana Parishad and served in the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992. Following her stint in the Rajya Sabha, she joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.
She represented the Gauhati in the 13th Lok Sabha. She won this seat for the BJP for the first time ever in 1999. Under the premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, she served as the Union Minister of State for Water Resources. In 2004, the BJP decided to field singer Bhupen Hazarika in her place, causing widespread protests from BJP party workers. Hazarika lost the elections. The BJP understood its mistake and re-nominated Bijoya in the 2009 Lok Sabha election from the Gauhati seat. As a result, she again won the seat in 2009 and 2014 representing the BJP.
Personal life
She is married to Jiten Chakravarty and has a daughter, Suman Haripriya, who was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Hajo Vidhan Sabha constituency.
Her son, Ranajit Chakravarty, died in 2017 at the age of 49..