Sabyasachi Dutta

Sabyasachi Dutta is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party and is MLA from Rajarhat New Town Vidhan Sabha Constituency. He has also served as the first Mayor of Bidhannagar from 2015 to 2019.[2][3]

Sabyasachi Dutta
সব্যসাচী দত্ত
Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal
Assumed office
2011
Preceded byRabindranath Mondal
ConstituencyRajarhat New Town
Mayor, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
In office
2015–2019
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byKrishna Chakraborty
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1 October 2019 - Present)[1]
Other political
affiliations		All India Trinamool Congress
Alma materSouth Calcutta Law College, Calcutta University (LL. B.)

Before joining BJP, he was a member of the All India Trinamool Congress. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 1 October 2019 in presence of BJP President Amit Shah.[4] He has been appointed as the Secretary of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 1 June 2020.[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Born to Gouri Sankar Dutta, Sabyasachi Dutta got a Bachelor of Laws in the year 1994 from South Calcutta Law College under Calcutta University.

Political career

Dutta started his political career from Indian National Congress and later joined the All India Trinamool Congress in the late 1990s.

Sabyasachi Dutta was elected councillor in the Bidhannagar Municipality for the first time in the 2000 Municipal elections. He was re-elected in 2005 and 2010 Municipal elections. In 2011, he was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Rajarhat New Town constituency. In 2015,after merger of several municipality and establishment of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, he was elected as the Mayor of the corporation. In 2016, he won for the second time as Member of Legislative Assembly.

References
  1. "TMC MLA Sabyasachi Dutta joins BJP". India Today. 1 October 2019.
  2. "Mamata nominates MLA Sabyasachi Dutta as mayor of Bidhannagar". Business Standard. 13 October 2015.
  3. "Sabyasachi Dutta new Bidhannagar mayor". Indian Express. 14 October 2015.
  4. "TMC MLA Sabyasachi Dutta joins BJP". India Today. 1 October 2019.
  5. https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/west-bengal-bjp-gives-key-posts-to-turncoats-to-quell-discontent-845663.html
  6. https://bjpbengal.org/state-office-bearers/
  7. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-rejigs-its-west-bengal-unit-ahead-of-state-polls-turncoats-rewarded-2239052
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Rabindranath Mondal (CPI-M)		 Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2011–		 Incumbent
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