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Bijoya Chakravarty

Indian politician

Summary

Indian politician

Field	Value
name	Bijoya Chakravarty
image	File:Bijoya Chakravarty in August 2015.jpg
caption	Official portrait, 2015
birth_date
birth_place	Baligaon, Jorhat, Assam Province, British India
residence	Guwahati
alma_mater	Gauhati University (M.A), Banaras Hindu University
office	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
term_start	16 May 2009
term_end	23 May 2019
predecessor	Kirip Chaliha
successor	Queen Oja
constituency1	Gauhati
party	Bharatiya Janata Party
spouse
children	2 (including Suman Haripriya)
website
term_start1	13 May 1999
term_end1	13 May 2004
office2	Union Minister of State for Water Resources, Government of India
term_start2	13 May 1999
term_end2	13 May 2004
office3	Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
term_start3	1986
term_end3	1992
constituency3	Assam
predecessor1	Bhubaneshwar Kalita
successor1	Kirip Chaliha
honorific_prefix	Smt.
otherparty	Asom Gana Parishad
primeminister2	Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Bijoya Chakravarty (born 7 October 1939), is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the Member of the Lok Sabha from Gauhati from 1999 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2019. 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.

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. A post graduate with Masters of Arts in English language, she received her education from Guwahati University and Banaras Hindu University. She married Jiten Chakravarty on 1 June 1965, with whom she has a son and a daughter. Her daughter Suman Haripriya was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Hajo Vidhan Sabha constituency.

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

Positions held

1977–1979 District Secretary, Janata Party, Mangaldoi (Assam)
1986–1992 Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha of Asom Gana Parishad
1999–2004 Member of parliament, Lok Sabha representing Gauhati (Assam)
1999–2004 Union Minister of State for Water Resources
2007–present National Vice-president, Bhartiya Janata Party

References

"Chakravarty, Smt. Bijoya".
"Padma Awards 2021 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs.
(25 January 2021). "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". [[The Times of India]].
(25 January 2021). "Padma Bhushan for Tarun Gogoi". Assam Tribune.
(21 May 2016). "Exclusive: Cabinet Portfolio Names for BJP-led Govt in Assam". TheQuint.
(18 March 2016). "Fathers & sons, husbands & wives and a mother in place of daughter, all in one Congress poll family". The Indian Express.
"Bijoya Chakravarty bereaved".

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