Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury

Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury, popularly known as Nirbhaya Didi, is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party from West Bengal, India. She is also a social worker, women's rights activist and former journalist.[4][5]

Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
ConstituencyEnglish Bazar, Malda
Chairperson of National Institute for Gender Justice[1]
In office
2014–2016
Chairman of Special Task Force (India) on Rape, Trafficking & Violence Against Women
In office
December 2012 – December 2013
President of NGO Sudinalay
In office
2010–2013
National Advisor of National Legal Services Authority of the Ministry of Law and Justice (India)
In office
2008–2010
Personal details
Born1964 or 1965 (age 58–59)[2]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party[2]
SpouseR.K Mitra
Residence(s)South Baluchar, Malda, West Bengal[3]
EducationPost Graduate
M.A, University of North Bengal[3]

Personal life

Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury hails from South Baluchar Battla in Malda district of West Bengal. She is a Post Graduate and did her Masters of Arts from North Bengal University in 1987. She is married to R. K. Mitra.[3]

Career

In 2004 she took part in the launching of the National Legal Literacy Mission.[6] As of 2008 she served as national advisor of the National Legal Services Authority of the Ministry of Law and Justice.[6] As of 2010 she was the president of the NGO Sudinalay.[7]

Known as Nirbhaya Didi in Kolkata, she was involved with the process of rehabilitation of rape victims and providing toilets to women.[4] She chaired the special task force on rape, trafficking and violence against women set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the 2012 Delhi gang rape.[4][8][9] She resigned from this post in December 2013, amidst speculations that she could have run for parliament from the Malda seat as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[8]

Chaudhury was named as the candidate of the All India Trinamool Congress in the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 general election.[4][5] In 2019, Lok Sabha election, she contested from Maldaha Dakshin seat with a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.[3][2] But lost to Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury by a small margin.[10]

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Chaudhury contested as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from English Bazar and won the seat by defeating her nearest rival from TMC.[11][12]

References
  1. "National Institute for Gender Justice honours Rani Mukerji with National Award". www .oneindia.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury: Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury BJP from MALDAHA DAKSHIN in Lok Sabha Elections | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury News, images and videos". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. "Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- MALDAHA DAKSHIN(WEST BENGAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. Akram, Maria (29 March 2014). "Beauty queen Ruby loses lustre in poll heat and dust". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. "Biswajit's candidature gives Trinamool's Delhi fight some lift". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. "Pitch in for victims of rights violation, Sreerupa to students". Tribune. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. Basu, Indrani (18 September 2010). "Mentally unwell woman locked up in dirty room for 3 years rescued". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. "PM's Nirbhaya Task Force Chairperson Resigns". Echo of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. "Special court sought to try cases of human trafficking". The Hindu. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. "Maldaha Dakshin Election Result 2019: Congress MP Abu Hasem defeats BJP, attains fourth term in Lok Sabha". Times Now. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  11. "BJP candidate selection Anger elation in three districts". The Statesman. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  12. De Sarkar, Soumya (11 April 2021). "Bengal Elections 2021: BJP frowns at Englishbazar". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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