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Rabindranath Bhattacharjee is an Indian politician. He is also an MLA, elected from the Singur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election. Bhattacharjee is better known as “Mastermoshai” which means teacher.

Political career

In 2001, Bhattacharjee won the Singur constituency for All India Trinamool Congress. He was instrumental in mobilizing land acquisition of a proposed Tata Nano factory in Singur. This was one of the causes which led to the defeat of the longest-serving democratically elected Communist government in the world, ending the 34-year rule of the Left Front government, a fact that was noted by the international media. He played a crucial role in the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement launched by Mamata Banerjee.

From May 2011 to November 2012, he was Minister for Agriculture in Mamata Banerjee ministry and was Minister for Statistics & Programme Implementation November 2012 to May 2016.

In 2021 elections, All India Trinamool Congress denied a ticket for Bhattacharjee. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party and became the candidate from Singur.

References

1. "Key Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
2. "Fumbling at the finish line". The India Today. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. "TMC rebel Rabindranath Bhattacharya quits politics". Deccan Herald.
4. Banerjee, Rabi. "Testing Triumph, For Mamata Banerjee, the Singur verdict is both a victory and a challenge". theweek.in.
5. "Defeat rocks India's elected communists - Features". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
6. Kundu, Indrajit. "BJP workers oppose party's decision to field former TMC MLA from Singur, say he targeted cadre". India Today.
7. Datta, Uttam. "Rabindranath Bhattacharya, the Trinamul minister who had played a key role in the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur, was today allegedly denied an invite to a party-organised farmers' convention in the area". The Telegraph.
8. Bhattacharya, Snigdhendu. "The two generals of the Singur movement". Hindustan Times.
9. "TMC Turmoil: Miffed Mamata Banerjee likely to reshuffle her cabinet". The India Today. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
10. "Political musical chair continues in Bengal". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
11. "14 years after protests against land acquistion, [sic] jobs and industrialisation are the poll pitch in Singur". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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