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Kalyan Banerjee
Kalyan Banerjee
Chairman of HRBC
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 November 2020
Preceded by	Suvendu Adhikari
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 May 2009
Preceded by	Santasri Chatterjee
Constituency	Serampore
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2001–2006
Preceded by	Tapas Banerjee
Succeeded by	Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee
Constituency	Asansol Uttar
Personal details
Born	4 January 1957 (age 67); Bankura, West Bengal, India
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Smt. Chhabi Banerjee
Children	2
Residence(s)	Ganga Darshan, 4, Raja KL Goswami St., Rajbati; Serampore - 712201; West Bengal
Alma mater	Bankura Sammilani College, Bankura (B.Com) Chatanagpur Law College, Ranchi (LL.B)
Profession	Lawyer

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Kalyan Banerjee (Bengali: কল্যাণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; born 4 January 1957) is an Indian politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress. He is Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India and Calcutta High Court. He is a four-time Member of Parliament. He has won the 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024 Indian general elections from Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Career

He was earlier elected for the 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.^[2]

Kalyan Banerjee's education qualification is B.Com. and LL.B. He 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. Some of the cases he handled are of 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]

Criticism

Banerjee was criticised for to his comments on protesting junior doctor during RG Kar rape and murder case.^[4]

References

^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, 2009 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2014 – Know Your Candidates". Kalyan Banerjee. All India Trinamool Congress. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ PTI. "TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee ridicules doctors' hunger strike, dubs it as 'fast-unto-hospitalisation'". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[1] "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

[loksabha2009-2] "General Elections, 2009 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[trinamool-3] "Lok Sabha Elections 2014 – Know Your Candidates". Kalyan Banerjee. All India Trinamool Congress. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[4] PTI. "TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee ridicules doctors' hunger strike, dubs it as 'fast-unto-hospitalisation'". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

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-'''Kalyan Banerjee''' ({{lang-bn|কল্যাণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়}}; born 4 January 1957) is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]]. He has won the [[2019 Indian general elections]] from the [[Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2519.htm?ac=19|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=Eciresults.nic.in|access-date=2014-05-17}}</ref>
+'''Kalyan Banerjee''' ({{langx|bn|কল্যাণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়}}; born 4 January 1957) is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Trinamool Congress]]. He is Senior Advocate of [[Supreme Court of India]] and [[Calcutta High Court]]. He is a four-time Member of Parliament. He has won the 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024 Indian general elections from [[Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2519.htm?ac=19|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=Eciresults.nic.in|access-date=2014-05-17}}</ref>
 ==Career==
 He was earlier elected for the 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=General Elections, 2009 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=4 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>
-Kalyan education qualification is  B.Com. and LL.B. He 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. Some of the cases he handled are of  Rizwanur Rahman Case, matters relating to Nandigram, Chhota Angaria Case, Bhikari Paswan Case, Imposition of Sec-144 in Singur and different land acquisition cases.<ref name=trinamool>{{cite web|url = https://aitmc.org/candidates_list.php|title = Lok Sabha Elections 2014 – Know Your Candidates|work = Kalyan Banerjee|publisher = All India Trinamool Congress|access-date = 4 July 2014|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140625222517/https://aitmc.org/candidates_list.php|archive-date = 25 June 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref>
+Kalyan Banerjee's education qualification is  B.Com. and LL.B. He 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. Some of the cases he handled are of  Rizwanur Rahman Case, matters relating to Nandigram, Chhota Angaria Case, Bhikari Paswan Case, Imposition of Sec-144 in Singur and different land acquisition cases.<ref name=trinamool>{{cite web|url = https://aitmc.org/candidates_list.php|title = Lok Sabha Elections 2014 – Know Your Candidates|work = Kalyan Banerjee|publisher = All India Trinamool Congress|access-date = 4 July 2014|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140625222517/https://aitmc.org/candidates_list.php|archive-date = 25 June 2014|df = dmy-all}}</ref>
+== Criticism ==
-He visited the UK and US as a member of a parliamentary team in October 2009.<ref name=trinamool/>
+Banerjee was criticised for to his comments on protesting junior doctor during [[2024 Kolkata rape and murder|RG Kar]] rape and murder case.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee ridicules doctors' hunger strike, dubs it as 'fast-unto-hospitalisation' |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/west-bengal/tmc-mp-kalyan-banerjee-ridicules-doctors-hunger-strike-dubs-it-as-fast-unto-hospitalisation-3231890 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
-== Ration Scam ==
-The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested the West Bengal minister last week in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged multi-crore ration distribution scam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ration scam: TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee labels arrested colleague Jyotipriyo Mallick a 'traitor' |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/ration-scam-tmc-leader-kalyan-banerjee-labels-arrested-colleague-jyotipriyo-mallick-a-traitor/cid/1977481 |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
-Kalyan Banerjee had labelled party colleague and arrested minister Jyotipriyo Mallick as a "traitor".
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+[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]
+[[Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election]]

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Bye-elections 2015	Mamata Thakur Pre-bye poll: Kapil Krishna Thakur - deceased
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