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Jyotipriya Mallick

movie Politician, Lawyer cake 26 May 1958 (Monday) (Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India)

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Date of Birth: 26 May 1958 (Monday)

Birthplace: Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Nationality: Indian

Hometown: Kolkata

Marital Status: Married

Spouse: Manidipa Mallick

Children: Daughter- Priyadarshini Mallick (teacher, academician, secretary of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education)

Schools: The Scottish Church Collegiate School, Kolkata (1975)

Colleges: Vidyasagar College, Kolkata Surendranath College, Kolkata

Education: BSc at Vidyasagar College (1979) LLB at Surendranath College (1983) Election Commission of India

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Jyotipriya Mallick

Jyotipriya Mallick is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) and has served as the minister of Forest Affairs, Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources, and Food & Supplies. In October 2023, Mallick gained attention when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him on suspicions of participating in the ration scam. The incident occurred during his tenure as the head of the Department of Food & Supplies.

He took over the role of a director at West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited on 26 December 2007.

He emerged as a victor in the 2011 West Bengal elections by winning 86,218 votes.
Jyotipriya Mallick during a road show while doing an election campaigning

Jyotipriya Mallick is regarded as a key ally of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sources suggest that he played a pivotal role in Mamata’s success in the 2011 legislative assembly elections by helping her build a positive rapport with the Matuas, a scheduled caste community in West Bengal.
Jyotipriya with the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee

Mallick won the 2016 West Bengal state assembly election by winning 1,01,590 votes. In the elections, he won over his nearest rival, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) member named Ashis Kantha Mukherjee.

In 2021, Jyotipriya Mallick won the West Bengal Assembly Election by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s Biswajit Sinha with a margin of 3,841 votes.

On 10 May 2021, Mallick was replaced as the Minister of Food & Supplies by Rathin Ghosh.
Mallick’s photo taken while he served as the Minister of Food & Supplies

Mallick reportedly possesses a mansion in Shanti Niketan, West Bengal, which he acquired for Rs. 1.5 crore. As per sources, he invested Rs. 85 lakhs in repainting the mansion. As of 2023, the estimated worth of the property exceeds Rs. 6 crore.

The 2011 and 2021 election affidavits he submitted indicated a 550% growth in the value of his assets and properties.

On 2 November 2021, Jyotipriya Mallick became the director of the West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation Ltd.