Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury

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| name = Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|4|18}}{{cite news |title=Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury: Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury BJP from MALDAHA DAKSHIN in Lok Sabha Elections {{!}} Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury News, images and videos |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/sreerupa-mitra-chaudhury/candidates/candidateid-7449.cms?from=mdr |access-date=14 July 2019 |work=The Economic Times}}

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| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

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| nationality = Indian

| office4 = National Advisor of National Legal Services Authority of the Ministry of Law and Justice (India)

| term_start = 2 May 2021

| constituency = English Bazar, Malda

| term_start4 = 2008

| term_end4 = 2010

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| office3 = President of NGO Sudinalay

| term_start3= 2010| term_end3= 2013

| office2 = Chairman of Special Task Force (India) on Rape, Trafficking & Violence Against Women

| term_start2= December 2012

| term_end2= December 2013

|office1 =Chairperson of National Institute for Gender Justice{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/pics-national-institute-for-gender-justice-honours-rani-mukerji-with-national-award-1673635.html|title=National Institute for Gender Justice honours Rani Mukerji with National Award|website=www .oneindia.com|date=4 March 2015 |access-date=8 July 2019}}

| office = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

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| term_start1 = 2014

| term_end1 =2016

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| residence = South Baluchar, Malda, West Bengal

| spouse = R.K Mitra

| education = Post Graduate
M.A, University of North Bengal

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Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury (born 18 April 1964), popularly known as Nirbhaya Didi, is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party from West Bengal, India. She is also a social worker, women's rights activist and former journalist.{{cite news |last1=Akram |first1=Maria |title=Beauty queen Ruby loses lustre in poll heat and dust |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/beauty-queen-ruby-loses-lustre-in-poll-heat-and-dust/articleshow/32816843.cms |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=29 March 2014 |language=en}}

Personal life

Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury hails from South Baluchar Battla in Malda district of West Bengal. She is a Post Graduate and did her Masters of Arts from North Bengal University in 1987. She is married to R. K. Mitra.{{cite web |title=Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- MALDAHA DAKSHIN(WEST BENGAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=http://myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=7449 |website=myneta.info|access-date=17 March 2021}}

Career

In 2004 she took part in the launching of the National Legal Literacy Mission. As of 2008 she served as national advisor of the National Legal Services Authority of the Ministry of Law and Justice.{{cite news |title=Pitch in for victims of rights violation, Sreerupa to students |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080119/jal.htm#2 |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=Tribune |date=18 January 2008}} As of 2010 she was the president of the NGO Sudinalay.{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Indrani |title=Mentally unwell woman locked up in dirty room for 3 years rescued |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Mentally-unwell-woman-locked-up-in-dirty-room-for-3-years-rescued/articleshow/6576946.cms |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=18 September 2010 |language=en}}

Known as Nirbhaya Didi in Kolkata, she was involved with the process of rehabilitation of rape victims and providing toilets to women. She chaired the special task force on rape, trafficking and violence against women set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the 2012 Delhi gang rape.{{cite news |title=Special court sought to try cases of human trafficking |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/special-court-sought-to-try-cases-of-human-trafficking/article4561183.ece |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=29 March 2013 |language=en-IN}} She resigned from this post in December 2013, amidst speculations that she could have run for parliament from the Malda seat as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.{{cite web |website=Echo of India |url=http://echoofindia.com/malda-pm-s-nirbhaya-task-force-chairperson-resigns-43913 |title=PM's Nirbhaya Task Force Chairperson Resigns |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010734/http://echoofindia.com/malda-pm-s-nirbhaya-task-force-chairperson-resigns-43913 |url-status=dead }}

Chaudhury was named as the candidate of the All India Trinamool Congress got 803 votes in the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 general election.{{cite news|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/biswajits-candidature-gives-trinamools-delhi-fight-some-lift |title=Biswajit's candidature gives Trinamool's Delhi fight some lift |work=The Siasat Daily |access-date=17 March 2021}} In 2019, Lok Sabha election, she contested from Maldaha Dakshin seat with a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. But lost to Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury by a small margin.{{cite news |title=Maldaha Dakshin Election Result 2019: Congress MP Abu Hasem defeats BJP, attains fourth term in Lok Sabha |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/maldaha-dakshin-wb-election-2019-maldaha-dakshin-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/407640 |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=Times Now |date=24 May 2019 |language=en}}

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Chaudhury contested as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from English Bazar and won the seat by defeating her nearest rival from TMC.{{cite news |title=BJP candidate selection Anger elation in three districts |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/bjp-candidate-selection-anger-elation-three-districts-1502958238.html |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=The Statesman |date=19 March 2021}}{{cite news |last1=De Sarkar |first1=Soumya |title=Bengal Elections 2021: BJP frowns at Englishbazar |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-bjp-frowns-at-englishbazar/cid/1812207 |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=11 April 2021}}