Partha Chatterjee is an Indian politician and Trinamool Member of Parliament. Chatterjee, a five-time MLA from Behala Paschim parliamentary constituency, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in July 2022 for his alleged involvement in a teacher recruitment scam by the State School Service Commission (SSC)
Wiki/Biography
Partha Chatterjee or Partha Chattopadhyay was born on Monday, October 6, 1952 (age 70 years 2022) from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. His zodiac sign is Libra. After attending Ramakrishna Vidyalaya Mission in Narendrapur, he attended New Alipore Multipurpose School in Kolkata. He received his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Calcutta University in 1982. He also received his BA (Honours) in Economics from Ashutosh College, Kolkata. Thereafter, he pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Administration, Kolkata. Obtained a PhD in Economics from North Bengal University in 2014. Since 2009 he has been writing his doctoral thesis on human resource management in the transition from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy. He obtained a degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR) from the Institute of Industrial Studies in London, England, where he studied under a British teacher. Council Scholarships.
Partha Chatterjee (left) in college
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Partha Chatterjee’s father’s name is BK Chatterjee. Little is known about his mother and siblings.
wife and children
Partha Chatterjee’s wife Babli Chatterjee passed away due to cardiac arrest in July 2017. His daughter Sohini Chatterjee is an IT professional and her husband is Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya. During the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, Sohini Chatterjee revealed that she assisted her father in his social media campaign.
Profession
Before entering politics, Partha Chatterjee worked as a human resources professional at Andrew Yule & Co., a government company. He also served as the National President of the National Institute of Personnel Management, Kolkata (Calcutta). He also served as editor of Trinamool Congress mouthpiece Jago Bangla.
politics
Partha Chatterjee started his political journey when he joined the Indian National Congress (INC). He joined Mamata Banerjee’s party in 1998 after she quit the Congress to form the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He served as a member of the TMC disciplinary committee. Later, he became the general secretary of TMC Bengal.
Partha Chatterjee and Mamata Banerjee
2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections
In 2001, Partha Chatterjee contested and won the Behalasi parliamentary seat (now known as Behala Pashim), defeating Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Nirmal Mukherjee by 19,477 votes.
2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections
In 2006, Partha Chatterjee contested and won the Behalasi parliamentary seat, defeating CPM candidate Niranjan Chatterjee by 5,727 votes. From September 21, 2006 to May 13, 2011, he served as the leader of the opposition in the Left Front government led by the Communist Party of Malaya.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections 2011
In 2011, Partha Chatterjee contested and won the Behala Paschim parliamentary seat, defeating CPM candidate Anupam Debsarkar by 59,021 votes ). Thereafter, he was assigned the portfolios of Commerce and Industry, Public Enterprises, Information Technology and Electronics, and Parliamentary Affairs under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Later, he was also nominated as deputy leader of the House of Representatives. On May 20, 2014, he was appointed as the Education Minister of West Bengal.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections 2016
In 2016, Partha Chatterjee ran for and won the Behala Pashim parliamentary seat, defeating CPM candidate Kaustav Chatterjee by 8,896 votes. In Banerjee Part 2, Partha Chatterjee continues to serve as West Bengal Education Minister till May 10, 2021. At the same time, he was also assigned responsibility for parliamentary affairs.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections 2021
In 2021, Partha Chatterjee contested and won the Behala Paschim parliamentary seat, defeating the BJP candidate Srabanti Chatterjee by 50,884 votes ). When Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive time in the polls, she again allotted the portfolios of commerce and industry and information technology and electronics sectors to Chatterjee. In 2022, he was appointed as TMC National Vice Chairman.
dispute
SSC scam
In July 2022, Chatterjee and his assistant Arpita Mukherjee were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam. The SSC and Elementary Education Board scams allegedly took place when Chatterjee was the state education minister. He faces corruption charges for securing job offers in exchange for money from candidates with lower scores rather than those who made the merit list. After being arrested by the Education Department, he was dismissed from the West Bengal government department on July 28, 2022.
Partha Chatterjee and his assistant Arpita Mukherjee
assets and property
- Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs 64,46,187
- Residential Building: Rs 25,00,000
net worth
His net worth is Rs 1,15,94,863 (as of 2021).
Facts/Trivia
- He is the recipient of HR Excellence Award from IPM Sri Lanka and HR RATNA Award from NIPM.
- In 2022, after Chatterjee was arrested in connection with the SSC scam, the ED discovered that Chatterjee had a luxury apartment in Diamond City, West Bengal, exclusively for his dogs. Chatterjee’s disproportionate assets include three flats in Diamond City: 18/D, 19/D and 20/D.
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