Career
He was the West Bengal minister for Jails and Social Welfare for quarter of a century. Biswanath Chowdhury, a graduate from Balurghat College, first became a Modern Language Association in 1977. Thereafter, he continued as Modern Language Association in 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006.
In the 2011 elections he lost to Sankar Chakraborty of All India Trinamool Congress.
Biswanath Chowdhury was minister for Jails and Social Welfare in West Bengal for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.
