Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress
Constituency : Serampore
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Bholanath Banerjee
Mother's Name : Late Sibani Banerjee
Date of birth : 04 Jan 1957
Profession : Sr. Advocate
Positions held :
1991-1997 Vice-President, West Bengal Youth CongressChairman, Legal Cell, West Bengal Youth Congress1998 General Secretary, West Bengal Trinamool Congress2001-2006 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly2007-09 Vice-President, All India Trinamool Congress2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha31 Aug. 2009 Chairman, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee of Privileges04 Mar. 2011 Member, JPC to Examine Matters Relating to Allocation and Pricing of Telecom Licences and Spectrum2011 - 2014 Chief Whip, AITC Legislative Party, Lok Sabha2012-2014 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on EthicsMember, Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behavior of Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)2014 - 2019 Chief Whip, AITC Legislative Party, Lok Sabha12 June 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, House Committee14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Estimates1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on PrivilegesMember, Standing Committee on Coal and SteelMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law and Justice13 May 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 20153 July 2015 Member, Sub Committee-II, Committee on Estimates25 Aug. 2015 Member, Sub-Committee of the Committee on Estimates on the subject `Panchayati Raj`11 May 2016 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provision (Amendment) Bill, 201611 Jan. 2018 Member, Sub-Committee of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievance, Law & JusticeMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Chief Whip, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party25 June 2019 onwards Member, House Committee24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Estimates13 Sept. 2019 - 12 Sept. 2020 Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges13 Sept. 2020 onwards Member, Standing Committee on External AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Social And Cultural Activities
Contributed towards the development of community and society through a plethora of legal initiatives,such as (i) Rizwanur Rahman Case; (ii) Nandigram Matter; (iii) Kolkata Book Fair Matter; (iv) Chhota Angaria Case; (v) Bhikari Paswan Case; (vi) Imposition of Sec-144 in Singur; and (vii) different land acquisition cases; made endeavours for various developmental works in Asansol during his tenure as MLA; the ambit of development extended to the upliftment of schools, spreading electricity, providing water supply, etc. and needful development work in minority dominated areas with regard to schools and burial grounds and involved in social activities in Serampore; to provide Legal aid to poor people
Special Interests
Any Legal Matter, specially Constitutional
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Spending time with Grand son, Driving Car, Walking, Listening to Music, Watching drama
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Visited the following countries as a Member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation, U.S.A. (Representative of Parliamentary Delegation to United Nations General Assembly, Oct. 2009) and Participated as Sole Representative from CPA India Union (Parliament of India) at the CPA Global Seminar on the "Role of Parliaments and Extractive Industries" held in Vienna, Austria from 28 - 31 October 2013; Advocate, Kolkata High Court since 1981; designated senior advocate, Kolkata High Court, 2004; and senior advocate of Group 1 of Central Government from 1998-2004; practicing also at Supreme Court of India
