Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2020 | |
| President | |
| Chairman of the House | |
| Preceded by | Ritabrata Banerjee |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| 36th Mayor of Kolkata | |
| In office 5 July 2005 – 16 June 2010 | |
| Deputy | Kalyan Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | Subrata Mukherjee |
| Succeeded by | Sovan Chatterjee |
| Constituency | Ward No. 100 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1951 Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya (born 27 November 1951) 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).[1] 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.[2]
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- ^ "Ex-mayor and noted lawyer Bikash Bhattacharya to contest Bengal RS seat as Left-Congress candidate". 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.