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{{Short description|Indian doctor and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Santanu Sen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency = [[West Bengal]]
| term_start = 3 April 2018
| term_end = 2 April 2024
| predecessor = [[Vivek Gupta (politician)|Vivek Gupta]]
| successor = [[Sushmita Dev]]
| office1 = Councillor of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
| constituency1 = Ward No. 3
| term_start1 = 2015
| term_end1 = 2021
| predecessor1 = Brojendra Kumar Bose
| successor1 = Debika Chakraborty
| office3 = Councillor of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
| constituency3 = Ward No. 2
| term_start3 = 2010
| term_end3 = 2015
| predecessor3 = Bishnupada Ghosh
| successor3 = Puspali Sinha
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| spouse = Dr. Kakoli Sen
| children = 1
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
}}

'''Santanu Sen''' is an Indian doctor and politician. He was a councilor in the [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/Councillors1.jsp | title=Councillors | publisher=[[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> He was a former [[Rajya Sabha]] member from [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mamata-fields-3-new-faces-for-rs-polls-decides-to-back-congress-for-5th-seat/articleshow/63236778.cms | title=Mamata fields 3 new faces for RS polls, decides to back Congress for 5th seat | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Debashis Konar | date=9 March 2018 | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/tmc-to-back-abhishek-singhvi-in-rs-polls-mamata-banerjee-5092616/ | title=TMC to back Abhishek Singhvi in RS polls: Mamata Banerjee | publisher=Indian Express | date=10 March 2018 | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajya-sabha-poll-tmc-to-support-abhishek-singhvi-from-west-bengal-says-mamata-banerjee/articleshow/63234280.cms | title=Rajya Sabha poll: TMC to support Abhishek Singhvi from West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=9 March 2018 | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230318/counting-of-votes-for-rs-polls-begins-bjps-saroj-pandey-wins-from-c.html|title=RS polls: TMC bags 4 seats in WB; TRS wins all 3 in T'gana; Cong 3 in K'taka|date=2018-03-23|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-07-20|language=en}}</ref> He was the President of the Indian Medical Association.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/trinamool-ministers-mps-go-all-guns-blazing-against-central-teams/1814721 | title=Trinamool ministers, MPs go all guns blazing against Central teams | publisher=Outlook | date=25 April 2020 | access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>

==Life==

Shantanu Sen was born into a Bengali family.

==Controversy==
On 22 July 2021, he snatched the papers on [[Pegasus (spyware)#India|Pegasus scandal]] from the hands of the IT minister [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]] in the Rajya Sabha, tore it and threw it towards the Deputy Chairman.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranjan|first=Abhinav|date=2021-07-22|title=High drama in Rajya Sabha: TMC MP Santanu Sen snatches statement from IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/rajya-sabha-tmc-mp-shantanu-sen-snatches-statement-it-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-pegasus-row-721159|access-date=2021-07-23|website=indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref> Due to his unparliamentary behavior, he was suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of monsoon session.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-23|title=Parliament proceedings updates {{!}} Shantanu Sen suspended from Rajya Sabha|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-proceedings-live-july-23-2021/article35481906.ece|access-date=2021-07-23|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Members of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from West Bengal]]

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