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| office = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 2 May 2021<br />
| constituency = [[Siliguri Assembly constituency|Siliguri]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Ashok Bhattacharya]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|6|12|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bishnupur (West Bengal)|Bishnupur]], [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021–present)<br />
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'''Shankar Ghosh''' (born 12 June 1974) is an Indian politician affiliated with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). He has served as a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Siliguri Assembly constituency]] since 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Siliguri Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Shankar Ghosh of BJP Wins|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/siliguri-election-result-2021-live-updates-siliguri-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3695906.html|access-date=2021-05-15|website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Siliguri, West Bengal Assembly election result 2021|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-candidates-who-defected-to-bjp-prove-to-be-giant-slayers/cid/1814376|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Telegraph India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SHANKAR GHOSH (Criminal & Asset Declaration)|url=https://myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=1024|access-date=2021-05-15|website=MyNeta.com}}</ref> He was re-elected in the [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]. In 2024, he was appointed Chief Whip of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
[[Shankar Ghosh]] joined the [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI) in 1991 and the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]] (DYFI) in 1995.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<br />
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In 2010, he was part of the Indian delegation to the [[17th World Festival of Youth and Students]] held in [[South Africa]]. In 2015, he was elected councillor from Ward No. 24 of [[Siliguri]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<br />
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He subsequently served as a Member Mayor-in-Council (MMiC) for [[Education]], [[Sports]], [[Culture]], and [[Youth]], and was later additionally entrusted with the [[Health department|Health Department]] of the [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} He also served as a member of the Board of [[Administrators]] of the [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<br />
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Ghosh joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) on 12 March, 2021. In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], he was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from the [[Siliguri Assembly constituency]], defeating Omprakash Mishra of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (AITC) by a margin of 35,586 votes. He was re-elected from the constituency in the [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], defeating [[Goutam Deb]] of the AITC by a margin of 73,192 votes.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}<br />
He was given the post of Education minister in Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's cabinet in 2026 after Bharatiya Janata party won the general legislative election held in the same year in West Bengal<br />
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