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| caption      = Gupta in 2015
| caption      = Gupta in 2015
| office        = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| office        = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term          = 14 March 2017<ref>http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bureaucrat-turned-politician-manish-gupta-elected-as-rajya-sabha-member-4563789/</ref> – 3 March 2020
| term          = 14 March 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bureaucrat-turned-politician-manish-gupta-elected-as-rajya-sabha-member-4563789/|title = Bureaucrat-turned politician Manish Gupta elected as Rajya Sabha member|date = 10 March 2017}}</ref> – 3 March 2020
| predecessor  = [[Mithun Chakraborty]]
| predecessor  = [[Mithun Chakraborty]]
| successor    = [[Subrata Bakshi]]
| successor    = [[Subrata Bakshi]]
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'''Manish Gupta''' is an Indian [[politician]] who was the Minister for Power in the [[Government of West Bengal]]. He was a Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]], [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]], who remained the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16777 votes.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Buddhadeb-loses-at-Jadavpur-constituency/Article1-697161.aspx "Buddhadeb loses at Jadavpur constituency"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516081846/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Buddhadeb-loses-at-Jadavpur-constituency/Article1-697161.aspx |date=2011-05-16 }}, ''Hindustan Times'', May 14, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/assembly%20polls/the-man-who-beat-buddhadeb-bhattacharjee-for-the-first-time-in-24-years-105582 "The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in 24 years"], ''NDTV'', May 13, 2011.</ref> He served under [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[West Bengal]] before he retired as an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer. He also worked as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[West Bengal]] under [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] [[Jyoti Basu]]<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Great-fall-of-Bengal/Article1-697256.aspx Great Fall of Bengal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517012731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Great-fall-of-Bengal/Article1-697256.aspx |date=2011-05-17 }},''Hindustan Times'', May 14, 2011.</ref> - a time when [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] was the Deputy Chief Minister.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=KolkataMarch 1|first=Manogya Loiwal|last2=March 1|first2=2017UPDATED:|last3=Ist|first3=2017 23:28|title=Trinamool Congress nominates former minister and retired IAS Manish Gupta to Rajya Sabha|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west-bengal/story/trinamool-congress-ias-manish-gupta-rajya-sabha-mp-west-bengal-tmc-963438-2017-03-01|access-date=2021-05-01|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
'''Manish Gupta''' is an Indian [[politician]] who was the Minister for Power in the [[Government of West Bengal]]. He was a Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]], [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]], who remained the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16777 votes.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Buddhadeb-loses-at-Jadavpur-constituency/Article1-697161.aspx "Buddhadeb loses at Jadavpur constituency"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516081846/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Buddhadeb-loses-at-Jadavpur-constituency/Article1-697161.aspx |date=2011-05-16 }}, ''Hindustan Times'', May 14, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/assembly%20polls/the-man-who-beat-buddhadeb-bhattacharjee-for-the-first-time-in-24-years-105582 "The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in 24 years"], ''NDTV'', May 13, 2011.</ref> He served under [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[West Bengal]] before he retired as an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer. He also worked as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[West Bengal]] under [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] [[Jyoti Basu]]<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Great-fall-of-Bengal/Article1-697256.aspx Great Fall of Bengal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517012731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Great-fall-of-Bengal/Article1-697256.aspx |date=2011-05-17 }},''Hindustan Times'', May 14, 2011.</ref> - a time when [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] was the Deputy Chief Minister.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last1=KolkataMarch 1|first1=Manogya Loiwal|last2=March 1|first2=2017UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2017 23:28|title=Trinamool Congress nominates former minister and retired IAS Manish Gupta to Rajya Sabha|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west-bengal/story/trinamool-congress-ias-manish-gupta-rajya-sabha-mp-west-bengal-tmc-963438-2017-03-01|access-date=2021-05-01|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>


On 10 March 2017, Manish Gupta was elected unopposed to the [[Rajya Sabha]], after the seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of [[Mithun Chakraborty]].<ref name=":0" />
On 10 March 2017, Manish Gupta was elected unopposed to the [[Rajya Sabha]], after the seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of [[Mithun Chakraborty]].<ref name=":0" />
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