Subrata Mukherjee was an Indian politician who was cabinet minister of the government of West Bengal and sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
18 Facts About Subrata Mukherjee
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Subrata Mukherjee was a member of All India Trinamool Congress.
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Subrata Mukherjee was the 35th Mayor of Kolkata from 2000 to 2005.
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Subrata Mukherjee joined the Chhatra Parishad, a student organisation affiliated to the Indian National Congress, in the 1960s.
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In 1971 and 1972, Subrata Mukherjee was elected to the legislative assembly from the Ballygunge Assembly constituency.
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Subrata Mukherjee held an additional responsibility as Minister of State for local government.
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Subrata Mukherjee lost the Ballygunge Assembly constituency when the Congress party was defeated by the Left Front amid huge anti-incumbency voting patterns.
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Subrata Mukherjee was elected to the Legislative Assembly from Chowranghee in 1996 and 2001.
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Subrata Mukherjee was made the Mayor of Kolkata in 2000, as a Trinamool Congress candidate.
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Subrata Mukherjee was elected to the Assembly on a Trinamool Congress ticket in 2001 from Chowrighee.
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Subrata Mukherjee contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 from Calcutta North West constituency, but lost.
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Ahead of the civic polls in 2005, Subrata Mukherjee quit Trinamool Congress following differences with the party chief, and joined the Nationalist Congress Party.
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Subrata Mukherjee was able to cobble up an alliance with Congress and several marginal players under the platform of Paschimbanga Unnayan Mancha.
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In May 2010, Subrata Mukherjee left the Indian National Congress again and rejoined Trinamool Congress, leaving the post of Pradesh Congress Working President.
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Subrata Mukherjee contested the 2011 Assembly elections from the Ballygunge seat.
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Subrata Mukherjee won with huge margin in 2021 vidhan sabha election from Ballygunge.
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Subrata Mukherjee was hospitalised in SSKM Hospital, Kolkata on 24 October 2021 with serious heart problems and died of a heart attack on 4 November 2021 at the age of 75.
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Subrata Mukherjee was cremated with full state honors at Keoratola crematorium the following day.