Constituency Balurghat Name Biswanath Chowdhury | Role Politician | |
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Political party Revolutionary Socialist Party Party Revolutionary Socialist Party | ||
Biswanath Chowdhury is a Revolutionary Socialist Party politician, and was a MLA from Balurghat for seven times in a row. He was the West Bengal minister for Jails and Social Welfare for quarter of a century.
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Seven-time MLA
Biswanath Chowdhury, a graduate from Balurghat College, first became a MLA in 1977. Thereafter, he continued as MLA in 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. In the 2011 elections he lost to Sankar Chakraborty of All India Trinamool Congress.
Minister for 25 years
Biswanath Chowdhury was minister for Jails and Social Welfare in West Bengal for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.
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