Debasree Chaudhuri

Debasree Chaudhuri (born 31 January 1971) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of State for Woman and Child Development in the Second Modi ministry from 2019 to 2021 in the Government of India. She was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from Raiganj constituency in West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2][3][4]

Debasree Chaudhuri
Union Minister of State for Woman and Child Development,Government of India
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Smriti Irani
Preceded by	Virendra Kumar Khatik
Succeeded by	Mahendra Munjapara
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Constituency	Raiganj
Preceded by	Mohammed Salim
Succeeded by	Kartick Paul
Personal details
Born	(1971-01-31) 31 January 1971 (age 54)[1] Balurghat, West Bengal, India[1]
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Desbandhu Nagar, Kolkata[1]
Education	M.A. University of Burdwan[1]
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Early life

Chaudhuri was born in Balurghat to Debidas Chaudhuri and Ratna Chaudhuri. She completed her Master of Arts from the University of Burdwan.^[1]

Political career

Chaudhuri taking charge as the Minister of State for Women and Child Development, in New Delhi on 31 May 2019.

On 16 December 2016, Chaudhuri was arrested along with Baisnabnagar MLA Swadhin Kumar Sarkar and other local BJP leaders at a protest condemning comments made by Maulauna Noor ur Rahman Barkati, the Shahi Imam of the Tipu Sultan Mosque in Kolkata.^[5] Debashree Chowdhury was previously the District Observer of BJP Kolkata South Suburban District till 2019.

In the 2019 Indian general election, Chaudhuri won from the Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency with 511652 votes.^[2] In May 2019, Chaudhuri became Minister of State for Women and Child Development.^[6]