Jyotipriya Mallick

Jyotipriya Mallick
Jyotipriya Mallick
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
	In office; 10 May 2021 – 17 February 2024
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar; La. Ganesan (additional charge); C. V. Ananda Bose
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Department	Forest Affairs;
Preceded by	Rajib Banerjee (Forest Affairs); Subrata Mukherjee (Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy)
Succeeded by	Birbaha Hansda (Forest Affairs)
	In office; 20 May 2011 – 10 May 2021
Governor	M. K. Narayanan; D.Y. Patil (additional charge); Keshari Nath Tripathi; Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Department	Food & Supplies;
Succeeded by	Rathin Ghosh
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 May 2011
Constituency	Habra
	In office; 2001 – May 2011
Constituency	Gaighata
Personal details
Born	17 November 1957 (age 67)
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Residence	Kolkata

Jyotipriya Mallick is an Indian politician and former Minister for Department of Forest Affairs and Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources^[2] in the Government of West Bengal.^[3] He previously served as the Minister for Food & Supplies in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Habra constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.^[4] In 2016 and 2021 assembly election he was re-elected from the same constituency.^[5]^[6]^[7] On 27 October 2023 he was arrested by ED for ration scam. He is currently^[when?] in jail custody for corruption.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy

On 27 October 2023 Jyotipriya Mallick was arrested by the ED in the ration corruption case. He fell ill during the hearing after being produced in the court. He was then taken to ED custody after being discharged after 7 days in the hospital. He is currently in jail for ration corruption. ^[8]