Haripada Bharati

Haripada Bharati
1st President of Bharatiya Janata Party - West Bengal
In office
1980–1982
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byDr. Vishnukant Shastri
Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal
In office
1977–1982
Preceded byIla Roy
Succeeded bySubrata Mukherjee
ConstituencyJorabagan
Personal details
Citizenship India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Janata Party, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Residence(s)Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Haripada Bharati (also known as "Master Mosai")who was the West bengal who served as a first president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal.[1] In 1977 he was elected MLA from Jorabagan Assembly Constituency as a Janata Party candidate.[2] He was also the Principal of Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah.[3]

Political career

He contested the General election of 1967 as Bharatiya Jana Sangh candidate from Calcutta North West and got 82,455 (21.08%) votes. In General election of 1971 he again contested as an independent candidate from the same constituency and got around 34,397 (21.08%) votes. In the year 1980, he again contested from Jadavpur as Janata Party candidate and got 31846 votes.

References

  1. ^ "BJP West Bengal - Our State PresidentsBJP West Bengal". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ "🗳️ Haripada Bharati, Jorabagan Assembly Elections 1977 LIVE Results | Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties | Latest News, Articles & Statistics | LatestLY.com". LatestLY. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ College129, Narasinha Dutta; Road, Belilious; Bengal, West. "Narasinha Dutt College". Narasinha Dutt College. Retrieved 22 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)