Bikash Bhattacharya

Bikash Bhattacharya

Bikash Bhattacharya or Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya (Bengali বিকাশ রন্জন ভট্টাচার্যা) is the present mayor of Kolkata (2005-2010 session), heading Kolkata municipal corporation, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Bikash Bhattacharya hails from the Kalighat region of Kolkata. [cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1401656.cms|title=The Chosen One Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya|last=Konar|first=Debasish|date=5 February 2006|work=The Times of India|publisher=Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd|accessdate=2008-07-15] He joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as a student. He is a lawyer by profession. He took over the reins of Kolkata from the outgoing Mayor Subroto Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress party.

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