Asim Dasgupta | |
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| Minister for Finance & Excise, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 5 June 1987 – 13 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ashok Mitra |
| Succeeded by | Amit Mitra |
| Constituency | Khardaha |
| MLA | |
| In office 1987–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Kamal Sarkar |
| Succeeded by | Amit Mitra |
| Constituency | Khardaha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1945 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (BA, MA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Profession | Politician Economist |
Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta (born 30 October 1945) is an Indian economist and politician. He served as minister of finance and excise in the Left Front ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] He was the MLA of Khardaha constituency for twenty-four years until 13 May 2011, when he was defeated by FICCI secretary general Amit Mitra by a landslide 26,154 votes[2] in the 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal. He was one of the 26 ministers who lost his seat in the historic defeat of Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front government.
- ^ "List of All Ministers". Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Political greenhorns emerge giant killers in Bengal". Sify News. 15 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.