Manas Bhunia
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Manas Ranjan Bhunia | |
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 Manas Ranjan Bhunia. March 2023. | |
| Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2021 | |
| Governor | Jagdeep Dhankhar La. Ganesan (additional charge) C. V. Ananda Bose |
| Preceded by | Dr. Soumen Kumar Mahapatra |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 19 August 2017 – 9 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Debabrata Bandyopadhyay |
| Succeeded by | Sushmita Dev |
| Minister for Irrigation and Waterways & Small and Micro Industries and Textile Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 20 May 2011 – 25 September 2012 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Subhas Naskar (Irrigation and Waterways) |
| Succeeded by | Mamata Banerjee |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Geeta Bhunia |
| Constituency | Sabang |
| In office 11 May 2006 – 18 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Tushar Kanti Laya |
| Succeeded by | Geeta Bhunia |
| In office 1982 – 14 May 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Gouranga Samanta |
| Succeeded by | Tushar Kanti Laya |
| President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 23 October 2008 – 17 January 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi |
| Succeeded by | Pradip Bhattacharya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Manas Ranjan Bhunia[1] 28 February 1952 Sabang, West Bengal, India |
| Party | .svg){kind=small} Trinamool Congress (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1970–2016) |
| Spouse | Gita Rani Bhunia[2] |
| Residence | Kolkata |
Manas Ranjan Bhunia is an Indian politician and was the Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and the Minister for Small & Micro Industries and Textile in the Government of West Bengal.[1] He is also an MLA, elected from the Sabang constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election. He along with all other ministers in the state cabinet resigned after Indian National Congress withdrew support for the state government. He joined the All India Trinamool Congress(AITC) in 2016. He is the current Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development for the Government of West Bengal.
On 26 August 2015, he accused the West Bengal Police of selectively arresting supporters of the Chhatra Parishad movement.[3] On September 16, he began an indefinite fast to protest the murder of one of the movement's members.[4] In March 2021, he again got the AITC ticket to contest the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 from Sabang constituency and won, defeating Amulya Maity of the BJP by 9,864 votes.
References
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- ^ a b "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ TMC fields Manas Ranjan Bhunia's wife for Sabang Assembly by-election The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021
- ^ "BJP MLA booked for assaulting tehsildar". The Times of India. 26 August 2015.
- ^ Press Trust of India. "Congress MLA Manas Bhuniya starts indefinite fast". India.com.
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