Jyotipriya Mallick is an Indian lawyer and politician. |
He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) and has held the position of the minister of Forest Affairs, Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources, and Food & Supplies. |
During the 1970s, Mallick became involved in the student union while in college. |
He assumed the role of a director at West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited on 26 December 2007. |
In the 2011 West Bengal elections, Mallick secured victory with 86,218 votes. |
He is considered a significant ally of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. |
Mallick garnered success in the 2016 West Bengal state assembly election with 1,01,590 votes, defeating his Communist Party of India (Marxist) rival, Ashis Kantha Mukherjee. |
In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, Jyotipriya Mallick triumphed over Bharatiya Janata Party’s Biswajit Sinha by a margin of 3,841 votes. |
On 10 May 2021, Mallick was replaced as the Minister of Food & Supplies by Rathin Ghosh. |
Reports suggest that Mallick owns a mansion in Shanti Niketan, West Bengal, bought for Rs. 1.5 crore, with an estimated current value exceeding Rs. 6 crore as of 2023. |
The asset and property value declared in Mallick's election affidavits for 2011 and 2021 showed a 550% growth. |
On 2 November 2021, Jyotipriya Mallick was appointed as the director of the West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation Ltd. |