Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
Member's Name: Bhattacharyya, Shri Bikash Ranjan
Constituency: West Bengal
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
Born/Date of Birthday: 27 November 1951
Place of Birth: Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality: Indian
Political party: Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Educational Qualification: B.Sc. (Hons.), LL.B. Educated at Asutosh College, Calcutta University and College of Law, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Profession: Politician, Lawyer
Marital Status: Married on 31 May 1976
Spouse's Name: Shrimati Ibha Bhattacharyya
Children: One son
Parents: Late Shri Nityaranjan Bhattacharyya, Late Shrimati Avarani Bhattacharyya
Permanent Address: 35, Purbalok, Kolkata. 700099 Tel.- 033-29560604
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya is an Indian Communist politician and lawyer. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Mayor of Kolkata from 2005 to 2010, heading the Kolkata municipal corporation, led by the Left Front (West Bengal) in the state of West Bengal.
Bikash Bhattacharya hails from the Kalighat region of Kolkata. He joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as a student. He is a lawyer by profession. He took over the reins of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation from the outgoing Mayor Subrata Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress party. He was appointed as the Advocate General of Tripura for 5 years. Being a senior advocate he leads various remarkable cases like "Saradha", "Narada sting operation" etc. Recently, he has become the poster-boy of TMC government opposition by his cascading eloquence and fiery oratory. He fought from the Jadavpur Loksabha constituency in 2019 Loksabha election for CPI(M) in which he faced defeat and received third position behind Mimi Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress party and Anupam Hazra of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
