Haripada Bharati

Haripada Bharati (also known as ”Master Mosai”) was the first president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal.[1] In 1977 he was elected MLA from Jorabagan Assembly Constituency as a Janata Party candidate.[2] He was also the Principal of Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah.[3]

Haripada Bharati
1st President of Bharatiya Janata Party - West Bengal
In office
1980–1982
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byDr. Vishnukant Shastri
Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal
In office
1977–1982
Preceded byIla Roy
Succeeded bySubrata Mukherjee
ConstituencyJorabagan
Personal details
Citizenship India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
ResidenceKolkata, West Bengal, India

Political career

He contested the General election of 1967 as Bharatiya Jana Sangh candidate from Calcutta North West and got 82,455 (21.08%) votes. In General election of 1971 he again contested as an independent candidate from the same constituency and got around 34,397 (21.08%) votes. In the year 1980, he again contested from Jadavpur as Janata Party candidate and got 31846 votes.

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