Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury
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| name = Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Malda
| residence = Beltala house Village:Golapatty , PO: English Bazar Malda
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| office1 = Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
| governor1 = Keshari Nath Tripathi
| 2blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata1 = Mamata Banerjee
| 1blankname1 = Minister of
| 1namedata1 = *Tourism
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| term1 = 2013-2016
| office2 = Minister of Food processing and Horticulture
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| term2 = 2014-2016
| office3 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
| constituency3 = English Bazar
| term3 = 2006-2016
| predecessor3 = Samar Ray
| successor3 = Nihar Ranjan Ghosh
| party = All India Trinamool Congress (present), Indian National Congress
| spouse = Kakali Choudhury
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| profession = Lawyer
| alma_mater = University of Calcutta (L.L.B)
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| office4 = State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress
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| termstart4 = 16 August 2021
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| succeeded1 = Bratya Basu
| office = Chairman of English Bazar Municipality
| termstart = 30 March 2022
| predecessor = Nihar Ranjan Ghosh, Sumala Agarwala
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Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury (born 17 August 1957) is an Indian advocate and politician who is the Chairman of English Bazar Municipality. He has been the Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Minister of Food processing and Horticulture from West Bengal. He was former MLA from English Bazar and State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress.
Introduction
Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury, son of Manindra Narayan Choudhury, was born in 1958 in a well known jamindar family of Malda District. He is BA and LLB from Calcutta University.{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=461309&cid=51 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140724205440/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=461309&cid=51 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 24 July 2014 |title = Krishnendu Narayan Chodhury | work= Affidavit details|publisher= Empowering India| accessdate = 14 July 2014}}
Political forays
He started his political journey in 1974 with Congress. After several years he left Congress in 1998 and joined Trinamool Congress, but returned to Congress in 2006. He subsequently rejoined Trinamool Congress in 2013.{{cite web| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/congs-malda-mla-accuses-ghani-khan-family-of-treating-him-as-slave/ |title =Congress MLA accuses Ghani Khan family of treating him as a slave | work= Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury all set to join Trinamool again |date =28 October 2012 |publisher= The Indian Express,28 October 2012| accessdate = 14 July 2014}}
Electoral achievements
He had won the English Bazar seat in 2006 and 2011 as a Congress candidate.{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}} After switching over to Trinamool Congress the second time, he won a by-election in 2013 from the same constituency.{{cite web| url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/congress-retains-rejinagar-seat-loses-nalhati_832091.html |title = Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati |work= PTI, 28 February 2013| publisher = moneycontrol.com |accessdate = 9 July 2014}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://thestatesman.net/news/56940-bratya-shifted-to-tourism-partha-new-education-minister-mitra-to-see-it-also.html | title = Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also | publisher = The Statesman, 28 May 2014 | accessdate = 14 July 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140727093237/http://thestatesman.net/news/56940-bratya-shifted-to-tourism-partha-new-education-minister-mitra-to-see-it-also.html | archivedate = 27 July 2014 }}
He was also Chairman of English Bazar municipality for several years in subsequent terms in 1995, 2000, 2010 and 2015.
References
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Category:West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011
Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016
Category:People from Malda district
Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal
Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal