Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Sudip Bandyopadhyay (born 6 January 1949) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament. Sudip Bandyopadhyay has been a member of the Lok Sabha for five terms, serving in the 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Lok Sabhas. He represents the Kolkata Uttar constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Trinamool Congress political party.^[1] He is the Leader of Trinamool Congress in Lok Sabha.

Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Official portrait, 2019
Leader of Trinamool Congress, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 July 2011
Deputy	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
Preceded by	Mamata Banerjee
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfares, Government of India
In office 13 July 2011 – 22 September 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Dinesh Trivedi
Succeeded by	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2009
Preceded by	New constituency
Constituency	Kolkata Uttar
In office March 1998 – February 2004
Preceded by	Debi Prasad Pal
Succeeded by	Sudhangshu Seal
Constituency	Calcutta North West
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 2006 – 2009
Preceded by	Nayna Bandyopadhyay
Succeeded by	Swarna Kamal Saha
Constituency	Bowbazar
In office 1987 – 1998
Preceded by	Abdur Rauf Ansari
Succeeded by	Ajit Pandey
Constituency	Bowbazar
Personal details
Born	Sudip Banerjee (1949-01-06) 6 January 1949 (age 76) Behrampore, West Bengal, India
Political party	Trinamool Congress (1998–2004, 2008–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1977–1998, 2004–2008)
Spouse	Nayna Bandyopadhyay
Alma mater	Murshidabad University (BSc)
Signature

Political career

On 3 January 2017, Bandyopadhyay was arrested after interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his non co-operation in ongoing investigation and alleged involvement in the Ponzi firm Rose Valley Group.^[2]

According to 2019 nomination filing, he revealed assets of ₹ 6 crores.^[3]

Posts held

No.	Start	End	Position
1	1987	1991	Member, 10th Vidhan Sabha
2	1991	1996	Member, 11th Vidhan Sabha
3	1996	1998	Member, 12th Vidhan Sabha
4	1998	1999	Member, 12th Lok Sabha
5	1998	1999	Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
6	1998	1999	Member, Business Advisory Committee
7	1998	1999	Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
8	1998	1999	Member, Committee on Communications
9	1998	1999	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
10	1999	2004	Member, 13th Lok Sabha
11	1999	2000	Member, Committee of Privileges
12	1999	2000	Member, Committee on Finance
13	1999	2000	Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
14	1999	2000	Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
15	1999	2000	Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
16	1999	2000	Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf Board
17	2000	2001	Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
18	2000	2004	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
19	2006	2009	Member, 14th Vidhan Sabha
20	2009	2014	Member, 15th Lok Sabha
21	2009	2014	Member, Committee on Finance
22	2009	2014	Member, Consultative Committee on Defence
23	2011	2014	Leader, Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
24	2011	2012	Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
25	2014	2019	Member, 16th Lok Sabha
26	2014	2019	Member, Business Advisory Committee
27	2014	2019	Leader, AITC Party in Lok Sabha
28	2014	2019	Member, Public Accounts Committee
29	2014	2019	Member, Committee on Finance
30	2014	2019	Member, Joint Committee on Salaries & Allowances of Members of Parliament
31	2014	2019	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
32	2014	2019	Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
33	2014	2019	Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex
34	2015	2019	Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
35	2016	2019	Chairperson, Standing Committee on Railways
36	2018	2019	Member, Samsad (Court) of Viswa-Bharati
37	2019	onwards	Member, 17th Lok Sabha
38	2019	onwards	Member, Business Advisory Committee
39	2019	onwards	Chairperson, Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
40	2019	onwards	Member, Committee on Govt. Assurances
41	2019	onwards	Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
42	2019	onwards	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
43	2020	onwards	Member, Samsad (Court) of Viswa-Bharati

See also

• India portal

• 12th, 13th & 15th Lok Sabha
• Lok Sabha
• Politics of India
• Parliament of India
• Government of India
• All India Trinamool Congress
• West Bengal