Career
He was earlier elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. A Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws Kalyan Banerjee is a well known advocate, who has been frequently taking up numerous cases for Trinamool Congress. He has been practicing in Calcutta High Court since 1981.
Amongst the cases he handled are the Rizwanur Rahman Case, matters relating to Nandigram, Chhota Angaria Case, Bhikari Paswan Case, Imposition of Security-144 in Singur and different land acquisition cases.