Debasree Chaudhuri
politician from West Bengal, India
Debasree Chaudhuri (born 31 January 1971) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of State for Woman and Child Development in the Second Modi ministry from 2019 to 2021 in the Government of India. She was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from Raiganj constituency in West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She unsuccessfully contested 2024 Indian general election from Kolkata Dakshin.
Early life
Chaudhuri was born in Balurghat to Debidas Chaudhuri and Ratna Chaudhuri. She completed her Master of Arts from the University of Burdwan.
Political career
On 16 December 2016, Chaudhuri was arrested along with Baisnabnagar MLA Swadhin Kumar Sarkar and other local BJP leaders at a protest condemning comments made by Maulauna Noor ur Rahman Barkati, the Shahi Imam of the Tipu Sultan Mosque in Kolkata. Debashree Chowdhury was previously the District Observer of BJP Kolkata South Suburban District till 2019.
In the 2019 Indian general election, Chaudhuri won from the Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency with 511652 votes. In May 2019, Chaudhuri became Minister of State for Women and Child Development.
In the 2024 Indian general election, Chaudhari ran for a second time from Kolkata Dakshin, however she lost to Mala Roy by 4.28 Lakhs votes.
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