Sudip Bandyopadhyay (born 10 December 1952) is an Indian politician and a
Member of Parliament
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from Kolkata Uttar Constituency of West Bengal,India. Sudip Bandyopadhyay has been a member of the
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...
for five terms, serving in the
12th
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13th
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15th, 16th, 17th Lok Sabhas. He represents the
Kolkata Uttar constituency of
West Bengal
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and is a member of the
Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...
political party.
He is the Leader of the Lok Sabha of the All India Trinamool Congress Party.
Political career
On 3 January 2017, Bandyopadhyay was arrested after interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his non co-operation in ongoing investigation and alleged involvement in the Ponzi firm Rose Valley Group.
Posts held
See also
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12th
12 (twelve) is the natural number following 11 and preceding 13. Twelve is a superior highly composite number, divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.
It is the number of years required for an orbital period of Jupiter. It is central to many systems ...
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13th
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15th Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...
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Lok Sabha
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Politics of India
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Parliament of India
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Government of India
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All India Trinamool Congress
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West Bengal
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India MPs 1998–1999
India MPs 1999–2004
India MPs 2009–2014
Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal
1952 births
Living people
University of Calcutta alumni
Lok Sabha members from West Bengal
Politicians from Kolkata
India MPs 2014–2019
People from Kolkata district
India MPs 2019–present
West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991
West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996
West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001
Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal
Krishnath College alumni