Samik Bhattacharya
Appearance
Samik Bhattacharya | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2014–2016 | |
Preceded by | Narayan Mukherjee |
Succeeded by | Dipendu Biswas |
Constituency | Basirhat Dakshin |
Personal details | |
Born | Kolkata , West Bengal, India | 5 November 1963
Citizenship | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party[1] |
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) |
Parents |
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Education | BA |
Alma mater | Calcutta University |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | BJP Bengal |
Samik Bhattacharya is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is spokesperson of BJP's West Bengal state unit and a very well known face in Bengali media. Bhattacharya was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Basirhat Dakshin constituency in North 24 Parganas district.[2][3][4][5]
Political career
Samik Bhattacharya went to West Bengal Legislative Assembly after winning 2014 by-election from Basirhat Dakshin constituency . He also contested 2016 assembly election from same seat but lost the election.
He lost 2019 Lok Sabha election from Dum Dum Parliamentary constituency as BJP candidate against AITC's candidate Sougata Roy .
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