Biswanath Chowdhury

Biswanath Chowdhury
Minister for Jails and Social Welfare Government of West Bengal
In office 1986-2011
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 1977-2011
Constituency	Balurghat
Personal details
Born	17 December 1942
Political party	Revolutionary Socialist Party

Biswanath Chowdhury is a Revolutionary Socialist Party politician, and was a MLA from Balurghat for seven times in a row. He was the West Bengal minister for Jails and Social Welfare for quarter of a century.

Biswanath Chowdhury, a graduate from Balurghat College, first became a MLA in 1977. Thereafter, he continued as MLA in 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. In the 2011 elections he lost to Sankar Chakraborty of All India Trinamool Congress.

Biswanath Chowdhury was minister for Jails and Social Welfare in West Bengal for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.

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