Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress
Constituency : Kolkata Uttar
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Bisweswar Bandyopadhyay
Mother's Name : Smt. Jyotsna Bandyopadhyay
Date of birth : 06 Jan 1949
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1987-98 & 2006-09 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 10th, 11th, 12th & 14th Vidhan Sabha (Four Terms)1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Standing Committee on Urban and Rural DevelopmentMember, Standing Committee on CommunicationsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Chief Whip, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development SchemeMember, Standing Committee on Labour and WelfareMember, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf Board2000-2001 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of DefenceJuly 2011 Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaJuly 2011 - 22 Sept. 2012 Union Minister of State, Health and Family WelfareMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)Leader, AITC Party in Lok Sabha (16th)13 June 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Business Advisory Committee14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Public Accounts Committee1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Finance2 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation15 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)08 Oct. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, General Purposes Committee1 Sept. 2016 - 25 May 2019 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Railways7 June 2018 - 25 May 2019 Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva-BharatiMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (5th term)20 June 2019 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee13 Sept. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Government Assurances21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha23 Oct. 2019 - 21 Dec. 2020 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation2020 onwards Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva-Bharati22 Dec. 2020 onwards Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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Social And Cultural Activities
Broadly involved in different social, cultural activities and associated with a number of cultural organisations; sang Rabindra Sangeet in Central Hall of Parliament on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary in 1998
Special Interests
Development and renovation of river Ganga in the city of Kolkata and to make Ganga free of pollution
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading national and international magazines and spending leisure time with pets
Countries Visited
Widely travelled Attended the Session of United Nations (U.N.) both at Geneva and New York representing India. Also delivered speech in both the places at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the Central Auditorium. Last one had at New York on 1st November, 2017
Other Information
Resigned from Indian National Congress and Assembly Membership in 1998 on moral grounds and subsequently contested for Lok Sabha seat as a Trinamool Congress candidate; Founder Member, All India Trinamool Congress,(A.I.T.C.); Former President, West Bengal Youth Congress; General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee; Spokesperson, All India Trinamool Congress (A.I.T.C.)
