BANDYOPADHYAY, SHRI SUDIP
[All INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS - CALCUTTA NORTH WEST (WEST BENGAL)]

Father’s Name                 Late Shri Bisweswar Bandyopadhyay

Mother’s Name                Smt. Jyotsna Bandyopadhyay

Date of Birth                   10 December 1950

Place of Birth                  Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

Marital Status                  Married

Date of Marriage             15 July 1991

Spouse’s Name                Smt. Naina Bandyopadhyay

Educational                     B.Sc.
Qualifications                  Educated at K.N. College, Berhampore (West Bengal)

Profession                        Political and Social Worker, Businessman

Permanent Address        72/4, S.N. Banerjee Road,
                                        Waverly Mansion, P.O. Entally,
                                        Calcutta-700 014 (West Bengal)
                                        Tels. (033) 2443010, 2446080, 2460103
                                        Fax. (033) 2169902

Present Address                B-4, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg,
                                         New Delhi-110 001
                                         Tel. (011) 3717364
                                         Fax. (011) 3722975

Positions Held

   1987-98                      Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
                                      (three terms)

   1998                            Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

   1998-99                      Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
                                      Member, Business Advisory Committee
                                      Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
                                      Member, Committee on Communications
                                      Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

   1999                            Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
                                      Chief Whip, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

   1999-2000                   Member, Committee of Privileges
                                     Member, Committee on Finance
                                     Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development
                                     Scheme
                                     Member, Committee on Labour and  Welfare

   1999-2000 and            Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
    2000-2001

   2000 onwards             Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

Social and Cultural Activities

Broadly involved in different social, cultural activities and associated with a number
of cultural organisations; sang Rabindra Sangeet in Central Hall of Parliament on the
occasion of   Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary in 1998

Countries Visited

Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, U.K. and
U.S.A.

Other Information

Resigned from Indian National Congress and Assembly Membership in 1998 on moral grounds
and subsequently contested for parliamentary seat as a Trinamool Congress candidate; Member,
 (i) Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati, 1998; and (ii) Wakf Board; Spokesman, All India Trinamool Congress

      Total electorate                                             7,04,009
      Total votes polled                                          4,44,043
      Poll percentage                                               63.07%
      Valid votes                                                    4,43,486

      Votes polled in favour of the  first four leading candidates:

        (1) Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay         (A.I.T.C.)         2,06,684         46.60%
        (2) Shri Rajdeo Goala                      [C.P.I.(M)]       1,12,514         25.37%
        (3) Shri Siddhartha Sankar Ray        (I.N.C.)            1,06,430         24.00%
        (4) Shri Sasanka Saha                     (Ind.)                     3,888           0.88%