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Rabindranath Bhattacharya

Rabindranath Bhattacharya is an Indian politician.[1] He is 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]

Political career

In 2001, Bhattacharjee won the Singur constituency for All India 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, All India Trinamool Congress denied a ticket for Bhattacharjee. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party and became the candidate from Singur.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Key Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Fumbling at the finish line". The India Today. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "TMC rebel Rabindranath Bhattacharya quits politics". Deccan Herald.
  4. ^ Banerjee, Rabi. "Testing Triumph, For Mamata Banerjee, the Singur verdict is both a victory and a challenge". theweek.in.
  5. ^ "Defeat rocks India's elected communists - Features". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. ^ Kundu, Indrajit. "BJP workers oppose party's decision to field former TMC MLA from Singur, say he targeted cadre". India Today.
  7. ^ Datta, Uttam. "Rabindranath Bhattacharya, the Trinamul minister who had played a key role in the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur, was today allegedly denied an invite to a party-organised farmers' convention in the area". The Telegraph.
  8. ^ Bhattacharya, Snigdhendu. "The two generals of the Singur movement". Hindustan Times.
  9. ^ "TMC Turmoil: Miffed Mamata Banerjee likely to reshuffle her cabinet". The India Today. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Political musical chair continues in Bengal". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  11. ^ "14 years after protests against land acquistion, [sic] jobs and industrialisation are the poll pitch in Singur". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 11 April 2019.