Bijoya Chakravarty

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Jiten Chakravarty
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(m. 1965)​
Smt.
Bijoya Chakravarty
Bijoya Chakravarty in August 2015.jpg
Official portrait, 2015
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 –23 May 2019
Children2 (including Suman Haripriya)
Residence Guwahati
Alma mater Gauhati University (M.A), Banaras Hindu University
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Bijoya Chakravarty (born 7 October 1939), is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] She served as the Member of the Lok Sabha from Gauhati from 2009 to 2019 and from 1999 to 2004. She was the Union Minister of State for Water Resources from 1999 to 2004. She was also the Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992 as a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. She was one of the first members of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021. [2] [3] [4]

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Background

Bijoya began her political career in the Janata Party. She subsequently joined the regional Asom Gana Parishad and served in the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992. Following her stint in the Rajya Sabha, she joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.

She represented the Gauhati in the 13th Lok Sabha. She won this seat for the BJP for the first time ever in 1999. Under the premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, she served as the Union Minister of State for Water Resources. In 2004, the BJP decided to field singer Bhupen Hazarika in her place, causing widespread protests from BJP party workers. Hazarika lost the elections. The BJP understood its mistake and re-nominated Bijoya in the 2009 Lok Sabha election from the Gauhati seat. As a result, she again won the seat in 2009 and 2014 representing the BJP.

Personal life

Chakravarty was born to B.K. Thakur and Mukhyada Thakur on 7 October 1939 in Baligaon village of Jorhat district in Assam. [1] A post graduate with Masters of Arts in English language, she received her education from Guwahati University and Banaras Hindu University. [1] She married Jiten Chakravarty on 1 June 1965, with whom she has a son and a daughter. [1] Her daughter Suman Haripriya was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Hajo Vidhan Sabha constituency. [5] [6]

Her son, Ranajit Chakravarty, died in May 2017 at the age of 49. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chakravarty, Smt. Bijoya". Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Padma Awards 2021 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India . 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Padma Bhushan for Tarun Gogoi". Assam Tribune. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Exclusive: Cabinet Portfolio Names for BJP-led Govt in Assam". TheQuint. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fathers & sons, husbands & wives and a mother in place of daughter, all in one Congress poll family". The Indian Express. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bijoya Chakravarty bereaved". Assam Tribune . Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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