Susmita Bauri

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Susmita Bauri
Member of Parliament
for Bishnupur
In office
2004-2014
Preceded bySandhya Bauri
Succeeded bySaumitra Khan
Personal details
Born (1975-01-05) 5 January 1975 (age 49)
Khatra, Bankura district
Political partyCPI(M)
SpouseGurucharan Bhattacharya
ResidenceBankura
ProfessionLawyer

Susmita Bauri (born 5 January 1975) is an Indian politician and had been elected on a CPI(M) ticket from the Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency) in the Indian state of West Bengal to the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha.[1]

Daughter of Nimai Charan Bauri and Sandhya Bauri, she is a law graduate or LL.B from Hazra Law College of University of Calcutta. As an advocate she provides free legal aid to poor people, especially illiterate women.[2] She belongs to the Bauri community. Her mother, Sandhya Bauri, was a three-time member of Lok Sabha from the same constituency.[3]

In the 14th Lok Sabha she was a member of the Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment and the Standing Committee on Energy. In the 15th Lok Sabha she was a member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers and the Committee on Absence of Members from Sitting of the House.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Susmita Bauri -Political Profile". Archived from the original on 21 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Detailed Profile: Smt. Susmita Bauri". Government of India. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  3. ^ "CPM goes for kill with axe on losers". The Telegraph, 7 February 2004. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2010.