Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury

Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury, popularly known as Nirbhaya Didi, is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party from West Bengal, India. She is also a social worker, women's rights activist and former journalist.[4][5]

Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury
Chairperson of National Institute for Gender Justice[1]
In office
2014–2016
Chairman of Special Task Force (India) on Rape, Trafficking & Violence Against Women
In office
December 2012 – December 2013
President of NGO Sudinalay
In office
2010–2013
National Advisor of National Legal Services Authority of the Ministry of Law and Justice (India)
In office
2008–2010
Personal details
Born1964/1965 (age 55–56)[2]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party[2]
Spouse(s)R.K Mitra
ResidenceSouth Baluchar, Malda, West Bengal[3]
EducationPost Graduate
M.A, University of North Bengal[3]

Personal life

Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury hails from South Baluchar Battla in Malda district of West Bengal. She is a Post Graduate and did her Masters of Arts from North Bengal University in 1987. She is married to R. K. Mitra.[3]

Career

In 2004 she took part in the launching of the National Legal Literacy Mission.[6] As of 2008 she served as national advisor of the National Legal Services Authority of the Ministry of Law and Justice.[6] As of 2010 she was the president of the NGO Sudinalay[7]

Known as Nirbhaya Didi in Kolkata, she was involved with the process of rehabilitation of rape victims and providing toilets to women.[4] She chaired the special task force on rape, trafficking and violence against women set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the 2012 Delhi gang rape.[4][8][9] She resigned from this post in December 2013, amidst speculations that she could have run for parliament from the Malda seat as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[8]

Chaudhury was named as the candidate of the All India Trinamool Congress in the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 general election.[4][5] In 2019, Lok Sabha election, she contested from Maldaha Dakshin seat with a BJP ticket.[3][2]

References
  1. "National Institute for Gender Justice honours Rani Mukerji with National Award". www .oneindia.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury: Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury BJP from MALDAHA DAKSHIN in Lok Sabha Elections | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury News, images and videos". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. "Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- MALDAHA DAKSHIN(WEST BENGAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info.
  4. Times of India. Beauty queen Ruby loses lustre in poll heat and dust
  5. The Siasat Daily. Biswajit's candidature gives Trinamool's Delhi fight some lift
  6. The Tribune. Pitch in for victims of rights violation, Sreerupa to students
  7. Times of India. Mentally unwell woman locked up in dirty room for 3 years rescued
  8. Echo of India. PM’s Nirbhaya Task Force Chairperson Resigns
  9. The Hindu. Special court sought to try cases of human trafficking
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