Kalyan Banerjee (politician)

Kalyan Banerjee
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
2009
Constituency Sreerampur
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2006
Constituency Asansol Uttar
Personal details
Born January 4, 1957
Political party Trinamool Congress
Religion Hindu

Kalyan Banerjee is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and has won the Indian general elections, 2014 from the Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

He was earlier elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.[2]

A B.Com. and LL.B. Kalyan Banerjee is a well known advocate, who has been frequently taking up numerous cases for Trinamool Congress. He has been practicing in Calcutta High Court since 1981. Amongst the cases he handled are the Rizwanur Rahman Case, matters relating to Nandigram, Chhota Angaria Case, Bhikari Paswan Case, Imposition of Sec-144 in Singur and different land acquisition cases.[3]

He visited U.K. and U.S.A. as a member of a parliamentary team in October 2009.[3]

References

  1. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  2. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Lok Sabha Elections 2014 – Know Your Candidates". Kalyan Banerjee. All India Trinamool Congress. Retrieved 4 July 2014.