Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha
of India
. He represents the Berhampore
constituency of West Bengal
and is a member of the Indian National Congress
(INC) political party.
on 2004 ordered his arrest on a charge of double murder. Adhir Chowdhury was granted bail after being arrested. Chowdhury had surrendered before the district court as per the high court order.Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
said that the Left Front
could stoop low enough to implicate Adhir Chowdhury’s wife Arpita in the double murder case. He had requested the chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, and CPM state secretary Anil Biswas not to involve family members in political battles.
15th Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...
of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He represents the Berhampore
Berhampore (Lok Sabha constituency)
Baharampur is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Baharampur in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...
constituency of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
and is a member of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
(INC) political party.
Political career
Having dropped out of school at age 15, he started as a District leader of Youth Congress in the 1970s when political atmosphere was very tense and violent. He worked as a henchman for senior Congress leaders Abdus Sattar, MLA of Lalgola and Mohammad Idris Ali, MLA of Murshidabad, in 1972-77. He was arrested in a Police case in 1978 and 1982. He was noted for his strong leadership and aggressive spirit ( tit-for-tat killings against the Left Front). During the 1980s he was a booth agent and election agent for various Congress leaders from Murshidabad District. He became a Councillor of Baharampur Municipality in 1990, an MLA in 1996 and MP in 1998. in the 1996 Lok Sabha elections he was the chief election agent of former Chief Minister, Siddharta Shankar Ray, who was contesting the Berhampore seat, though he lsot by a margin of only 16,000 votes. When Chowdhury he contested the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat, nobody expected him to win as Berhampore had not been won by the Congress since 1951 and was an RSP stronghold. However, copying the tactics of the Left Front, he was able to win and carved it out as his own bastion, unleashing a reign of terror against the Left Front by using illegally acquired weapons from Bangladesh and mobilising the rural Muslim farmers and landowners against the CPI(M).Murder charge
Calcutta High CourtCalcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It was established as the High Court of Judicature at Fort William on 1 July 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court...
on 2004 ordered his arrest on a charge of double murder. Adhir Chowdhury was granted bail after being arrested. Chowdhury had surrendered before the district court as per the high court order.Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress party.-Career:Dasmunsi was President of Youth Congress in West Bengal from 1970 to 1971...
said that the Left Front
Left Front
The Left Front is an alliance of Indian leftist parties. After a 34-year reign in West Bengal, the Left Front was swept from power in the 2011 election...
could stoop low enough to implicate Adhir Chowdhury’s wife Arpita in the double murder case. He had requested the chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, and CPM state secretary Anil Biswas not to involve family members in political battles.