Sabyasachi Dutta

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Sabyasachi Dutta
সব্যসাচী দত্ত
Rajarhat New Town
Personal details
Born
Calcutta University (LL. B.
)

Sabyasachi Dutta is an Indian politician from

Rajarhat New Town Vidhan Sabha Constituency. He has also served as the first Mayor of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation from 2015 to 2019.[2][3] In 2019, he joined BJP.[4]

Early life and education

Born to Gouri Sankar Dutta, Sabyasachi Dutta got a Bachelor of Laws in the year 1994 from

Calcutta University
.

Political career

Dutta started his political career from

All India Trinamool Congress
in the late 1990s.

Sabyasachi Dutta was elected councilor in the

Bidhannagar Municipality
for the first time in the 2000 Municipal elections. He was re-elected in the 2005 and 2010 Municipal elections. In
Rajarhat New Town
constituency. In 2015, after the merger of several municipalities and the 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
.

Before joining BJP, he was a member of the

BJP President Amit Shah.[5] He has been appointed the Secretary of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 1 June 2020.[6][7][8]

In October 2021, Dutta returned to

All India Trinamool Congress exactly after two years. [9]

Controversy

In 2019, he stated that Bengal is now becoming a second Pakistan.[4] In 2021, Sabyasachi Dutta remarked that he would send those who oppose Jai Shri Ram to Pakistan.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Mishra, Anupam. "BJP leader Sabyasachi Dutta returns to TMC, says 'whatever I am is because of Mamata Banerjee'". India Today.
  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. ^ a b "Trinamool MLA Sabyasachi Dutta joins BJP". The Indian Express. 2 October 2019.
  5. ^ "TMC MLA Sabyasachi Dutta joins BJP". India Today. 1 October 2019.
  6. ^ "West Bengal BJP gives key posts to turncoats to quell discontent | Deccan Herald". 4 June 2020.
  7. ^ "BJP West Bengal - State Office Bearers – 22nd December 2021BJP West Bengal".
  8. ^ "BJP Rejigs Its West Bengal Unit Ahead of State Polls, New Faces Included".
  9. ^ "BJP leader Sabyasachi Dutta returns to TMC, welcomed back by state ministers". Hundustan Times. 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Those opposing 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan will be sent to Pakistan: BJP MLA Sabyasachi Dutta". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
  11. ^ "Jai Shri Ram Controversy: 'যারা জয় শ্রীরাম শুনে উত্তেজিত হচ্ছেন তাদের পাকিস্তানে যাওয়ার ব্যবস্থা করে দিচ্ছি', হুঁশিয়ারি দিলেন BJP Leader Sabyasachi Dutta". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). 27 January 2021.
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of the 
Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2011
–2021
Succeeded by