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Manas Bhunia | |
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 Manas Ranjan Bhunia. March 2023. | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 19 August 2017 – May 9, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Debabrata Bandyopadhyay |
| Succeeded by | Sushmita Dev |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office May 10, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Somen Mahapatra |
| Minister for Irrigation and Waterways & Small and Micro Industries and Textile Government of West Bengal | |
| In office May 20, 2011 – September 25, 2012 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Subhas Naskar (Irrigation and Waterways) |
| Succeeded by | Mamata Banerjee |
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Geeta Bhunia |
| Constituency | Sabang |
| In office 2006–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Tushar Kanti Laya |
| Succeeded by | Geeta Bhunia |
| In office 1982–2001 | |
| 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 |
| Political party | 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 took back the support from the state government. He joined the Trinamool Congress 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 West Bengal police forces 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 ticket to contest the West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 from Sabang constituency and won.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Press Trust of India. "Congress MLA Manas Bhuniya starts indefinite fast". India.com.