Bansa Gopal Chowdhury

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| office = Member of the Indian Parliament
for Asansol

| term = 2005–2014

| predecessor = Bikash Chowdhury

| successor = Babul Supriyo

| constituency = Asansol

| office2 = MLA

| term2 = 1987–2005

| predecessor2 = Haradhan Roy

| successor2 = Haradhan Jha

| constituency2 = Raniganj

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| birth_place = Raniganj, West Bengal

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| parents = Mr. Satyapada Chowdhury (Father),
Mrs. Kalyani Chowdhury (Mother)

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| nationality = Indian

| party = Expelled from Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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| spouse = Mrs. Shantana Chowdhury

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| children = 2 sons

| residence = Raniganj & New Delhi.

| alma_mater = Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, Economics graduate.

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Bansa Gopal Chowdhury is an Indian politician and was the member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha of India who represented the Asansol lok sabha constituency in West Bengal and is a former member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) political party.{{cite news|title= Member Profile|publisher= Lok Sabha website|access-date= 1 January 2014|url= http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4208|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140417121928/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4208|archive-date= 17 April 2014|url-status= dead}}{{Cite web |date=2019-05-24 |title=The RSS started entering our spaces in the name of 'religious celebrations': Bansa Gopal Chowdhury |url=https://sabrangindia.in/video/rss-started-entering-our-spaces-name-religious-celebrations-bansa-gopal-chowdhury/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=SabrangIndia |language=en-US}}

Early life and education

Bansa Chowdhury was born in Raniganj, West Bengal. He did his graduation from Triveni Devi Bhalotia College in Raniganj. Chowdhury was a social worker prior to becoming a politician.

Political career

Bansa Chowdhury, prior to contesting for Lok Sabha elections, was also a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and was also a Cabinet Minister in the West Bengal government.{{Cite web |title=জ্যোতি বসু বলেছিলেন, বুদ্ধদেব তোমাকে গাইড করবেন |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/bansa-gopal-chowdhury-who-was-in-cabinet-of-buddhadeb-bhattacharya-recalls-old-memories-dgtld/cid/1536984 |access-date=21 April 2025}} Chowdhury was also an elected parliamentarian from the same constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He is a former member of CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee and the Secretary of CITU Paschim Bardhaman District Committee. Chowdhury also served as the Chairman of Asansol Durgapur Development Authority till 2011.{{Cite web |title=দলের বিরুদ্ধে সরব বহিষ্কৃত বংশগোপাল |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/bardhaman/suspended-cpim-leader-bansa-gopal-chowdhury-being-vocal-against-the-party-prnt/cid/1598729 |access-date=30 April 2025}}

Controversy

On 20 April 2025, Smt. Ratna Das, former councillor of Jiaganj Azimganj Municipality alleged in social networking site that Bansa Gopal Chowdhury sent her obscene messages on WhatsApp. Das told that Mr. Chowdhury used to send her obscene messages on Messenger late at night.{{Cite web |last=Superadmin |title=বংশের চরিত্র নিয়ে প্রশ্ন পোস্ট মহিলাদের |url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/news/bshr-chrtr-n-prshn-pst-mhldr-626986 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=bartamanpatrika.com |language=bn}} She prayed justice to the higher officials of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).{{Cite web |date=2025-04-20 |title=Bansa Gopal Choudhury: মহিলা কমরেডকে চূড়ান্ত অশ্লীল ইঙ্গিত! গুরুতর অভিযোগের মুখে সিপিএম নেতা বংশগোপাল চৌধুরী |url=https://banglahunt.com/cpm-leader-bansa-gopal-choudhury-accused-of-sending-explicit-messages-nra/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |language=en-US}} However Chowdhury denied the allegation.{{Cite web |title=প্রাক্তন সিপিএম সাংসদ বংশকে নিয়ে বিতর্ক |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/sexual-harrasment-allegation-against-former-cpm-mp-bansa-gopal-chowdhury-dgtl/cid/1597201 |access-date=21 April 2025}} Finally the State Committee of CPI(M), West Bengal expelled him for the issue.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-28 |title=CPM expels ex-MP Bansagopal Chowdhury over ‘obscene’ WhatsApp messages sent to party colleague |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/cpm-expels-ex-mp-bansagopal-chowdhury-obscene-whatsapp-messages-colleague-9969045/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=আনন্দবাজার ডট কম সংবাদদাতা |title=বংশগোপালকে বহিষ্কার করল সিপিএম, মুর্শিদাবাদের মহিলা নেত্রীর অভিযোগের ভিত্তিতে কঠোর সিদ্ধান্ত আলিমুদ্দিনের |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/cpm-to-suspend-former-mp-of-asansol-bansa-gopal-chowdhury-in-charges-of-sexual-harassment-dgtl/cid/1598455 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250426200807/https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/cpm-to-suspend-former-mp-of-asansol-bansa-gopal-chowdhury-in-charges-of-sexual-harassment-dgtl/cid/1598455 |archive-date=2025-04-26 |access-date=2025-04-30 |language=bn}}

Posts held

#	From	To	Position
class="wikitable sortable"
01	1987	2005	Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
02	1996	2005	Cabinet Minister, West Bengal
03	2005	2009	Member, 14th Lok Sabha
04	2005	2009	Member, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel
05	2009	2014	Member, 15th Lok Sabha
06	2009	2014	Member, Committee on Industry