Rabindranath Bhattacharya

[2] In 2001, Bhattacharjee won the Singur constituency for All India Trinamool Congress.

[3] He was instrumental in mobilizing land acquisition of a proposed Tata Nano factory in Singur.

[4] This was one of the causes which led to the defeat of the longest-serving democratically elected Communist government in the world, ending the 34-year rule of the Left Front government, a fact that was noted by the international media.

[5] He played a crucial role in the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement launched by Mamata Banerjee.

[9] In 2021 elections, All India Trinamool Congress denied a ticket for Bhattacharjee.