Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay | |
|---|---|
 Chattopadhyay in March 2023 | |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of West Bengal Deputy Leader of the House in West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 5 August 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Partha Chatterjee |
| Minister of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Asish Banerjee |
| Minister of Power and Non-Conventional Energy, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 27 May 2016 – 4 May 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Manish Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Aroop Biswas |
| Chief Whip of theGovernment of West Bengal | |
| In office 20 May 2011 – 27 May 2016 | |
| Leader | Mamata Banerjee |
| Succeeded by | Nirmal Ghosh |
| Member of theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 27 April 1991 | |
| 2021–present[a] | Khardaha |
| 2021[b] | Bhabanipur |
| 1998–2021 | Rashbehari |
| 1991–1998 | Baruipur Paschim |
| Editor ofJago Bangla | |
| Assumed office 17 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sukhendu Shekhar Roy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1944-01-30)30 January 1944 (age 82) |
| Party | .svg) Trinamool Congress (1998–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1976-1998) |
| Spouse | Supriya Chattopadhyay |
| Children | 2 Sons |
| Residence | Bhabanipur |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.Sc.,LL.B.) |
Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay is an Indian politician representingTrinamool Congress and is the first elected MLA of the party (elected in 1998). He was the founder president ofINTTUC, the labour wing of Trinamool Congress.
Worked in Kolkata Municipal Corporation as a Employee.
He is one of the close associates ofMamata Banerjee since mid 80s and was a prominent face in her fights againstCPI(M). He is also one of the founding members of Trinamool Congress in 1998.
He was the GovernmentChief Whip of hisfirst TMC government in the West BengalVidhan Sabha from 2011 to 2016. On 27 May 2016 he took charge as the Hon'ble Minister of Power & Non Conventional Energy,Government of West Bengal.[1]
A boxer in his younger days, he is a veteran trade union leader, holding degrees in science and law.[2][3] He is president of Kolkata Auto Rickshaw Operators' Union.[4]
He won theBaruipur seat as a Congress candidate in 1991 and 1996[5][6] and as a Trinamool Congress candidate won theRasbehari seat in 2001 and 2006.[7][8] In 2011 he was pitted against a green-horn and won by nearly 50,000 votes and was further re-elected in 2016. Currently he is the Minister-in-Charge, Department ofAgriculture andParliamentary Affairs in theGovernment of West Bengal.[2] He resigned from his seat in theBhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CMMamata Banerjee to contest West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election.[9]He then contested the by election fromKhardah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and won with a margin of 93,832 votes.
He presently serves as a Minister inWest Bengal Cabinet and also as the Deputy Leader of the House inWest Bengal Legislative Assembly.
