Bijoya Chakravarty

Working as an educationalist in Assam, her campaigning for women's rights have also lead to her political arrest.

Born in Baligaon, Jorhat on the 7th October 1939, Chakravarty graduated from Hindu University in Uttar Pradesh with an MA in English. She is a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the constituency of Guwahati in Assam.

Chakravarty has worked as an educationalist and organized various training camps for women, notably in her hometown of Assam. She has taken part in many social campaigns for women, some of which have lead to her arrest.

She married Shri Jiten Chakravarty on the 1 June 1965 with whom she has one son and daughter.

Political Positions Held:

1977-78 District Secretary, BJP, Mangaldai Branch, Assam

1986-92 Member, Rajya Sabha
Deputy Leader, Rajya Sabha

1986-87 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism

1987-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food

1988-90 Member, Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha

1990-91 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1991-92 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Natural Gas

1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha
13 Oct. 1999- Minister of State, Water Resources

Did You Know:

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Chakravarty is a keen writer, with an array of short stories, novels and poems to her name. She used to work as a freelance journalist and has contributed articles on national, international, social and political issues under the pen name, "B.C." As a regular columnist in Assam Tribune she wrote more than two hundred feature articles and write-ups on current affairs from 1964 to 1968.

Trivia

Associated with Praja Socialist Party, 1965-77
Secretary, District Mahila Samiti, Mangaldai, 1969-75
Writers Association, 1976-81

Election Result of Guwahati Lok Sabha Constituency

Total electorate 13,54,869
Total votes polled 8,58,028
Poll percentage 63.33%
Valid votes 8,37,428

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates:

(1) Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty (BJP) 3,84,771 45.81%
(2) Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita (INC) 3,09,533 37.22%
(3) Shri Durga Das Boro (INC) 1,17,424 14.10%
(4) Ms. Suniti Sonowal (NCP) 13,162 1.58%