Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury

Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury
Minister for tourism, West Bengal
In office
2013-2014
Minister for food processing and horticulture
In office
2014-incumbent
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2006 - incumbent
Constituency English Bazar
Personal details
Born 1961
Political party

Indian National Congress

Trinamool Congress
Residence Village: Haydarpur, PO: Purbangsha

Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury is an All India Trinamool Congress politician, MLA from English Bazar and minister in the Council of Ministers of West Bengal.

Early years

Krishnendu, son of Manindra Narayan Choudhury, was born in 1961. He is a law graduate.[1]

Political forays

He was with Congress earlier. He had quit Congress in 2001 and joined Trinamool Congress, but returned to Congress in 2006. He subsequently rejoined Trinamool Congress in 2013.[2]

Electoral achievements

He had won the English Bazar seat in 2006 and 2011 as a Congress candidate.[3][4] After switching over to Trinamool Congress the second time, he won a bye election in 2013 from the same constituency.[5]

Ministerial berths

He initially joined the Council of Ministers of West Bengal as tourism minister in 2013 and was shifted to food processing and horticulture department in 2014.[6]

He is also Chairman of English Bazar municipality.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Krishnendu Narayan Chodhury". Affidavit details. Empowering India. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Congress MLA accuses Ghani Khan family of treating him as a slave". Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury all set to join Trinamool again. The Indian Express,28 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also". The Statesman, 28 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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