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| term_end1          = April 2025
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| term_start4         = 1 June 2011
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| term_end4           = 19 May 2016
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| predecessor4       = [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]
| successor4           = [[Abdul Mannan (West Bengal politician)|Abdul Mannan]]
| successor4         = [[Abdul Mannan (West Bengal politician)|Abdul Mannan]]
| deputy4             = [[Subhas Naskar]]
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| constituency5      = [[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
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| term_start5        = 19 June 1991
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| term_end5          = 19 May 2016
| predecessor5        = Bibhuti Bhusan De
| predecessor5        = Bibhuti Bhusan De
| successor5          = Pradyot Kumar Ghosh
| successor5          = Pradyot Kumar Ghosh
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| 2namedata3          = Health & Family Welfare, Biotechnology, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development
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| term_start3        = 16 May 1991
| term_end3          = 13 May 2011
| term_end3          = 13 May 2011
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| predecessor2        = [[Biman Bose]]
| term_start2        = 2015
| term_start2        = 2015
| successor2          = [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Md. Salim]]
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'''Surjya Kanta Mishra''' is an Indian politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] governments of [[West Bengal]]<ref name="h"/><ref>Chaturvedi, Pradeep. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=u5koy_hk8lsC&pg=PA289 Food Security and Panchayati Raj]''. New Delhi: Published for Indian Association for the Advancement of Science and Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations by Concept Pub. Co, 1997. p. 289</ref> and is the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee. After the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|2011 assembly election]] he was elected as [[Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in May 2011.<ref name="h">{{cite news |title=Surjya Kanta Mishra: A profile |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/profile-of-surjya-kanta-mishra/article8429516.ece |access-date=14 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=3 April 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[politburo]] of the CPI(M) following the death of veteran leader [[M.K. Pandhe]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Anindya |title=Rising sun in CPM's cloudy sky |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/rising-sun-in-cpm-s-cloudy-sky/cid/467910 |access-date=14 April 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=20 January 2012}}</ref><ref>tripurainfo.com. ''[http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/ArchiveDet.aspx?WhatId=11344 Surja Kanta predicts 7th Left Front government]''</ref> In 2015, he was elected as the state secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, succeeding [[Biman Bose]].
'''Surjya Kanta Mishra''' (born 18 April 1949) is an Indian politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] governments of [[West Bengal]]<ref name="h"/><ref>Chaturvedi, Pradeep. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=u5koy_hk8lsC&pg=PA289 Food Security and Panchayati Raj]''. New Delhi: Published for Indian Association for the Advancement of Science and Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations by Concept Pub. Co, 1997. p. 289</ref> and was the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee between 2015 and 2022.


== Political career==
After the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|2011 assembly election]] he was elected as [[Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in May 2011.<ref name="h">{{cite news |title=Surjya Kanta Mishra: A profile |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/profile-of-surjya-kanta-mishra/article8429516.ece |access-date=14 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=3 April 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[politburo]] of the CPI(M) following the death of veteran leader [[M.K. Pandhe]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Anindya |title=Rising sun in CPM's cloudy sky |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/rising-sun-in-cpm-s-cloudy-sky/cid/467910 |access-date=14 April 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=20 January 2012}}</ref><ref>tripurainfo.com. ''[http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/ArchiveDet.aspx?WhatId=11344 Surja Kanta predicts 7th Left Front government]''</ref> In 2015, he was elected as the state secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, succeeding [[Biman Bose]].
Surjya Kanta Mishra became a member of CPI(M) in 1973. He unsuccessfully contested the 1977 assembly election from the [[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]. He was elected as the Chairperson of the Medinipur Zila Parishad in 1978 and served until 1991. In 1991 he was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. In 1991, he was inducted into the state cabinet as a cabinet minister. Within his capacity as a cabinet minister he served in the Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development departments. He has also served as Minister-In-Charge of Health and Family Welfare, Biotechnology. He remained in the state cabinet till 2011. After the defeat of the CPI(M) in the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|2011 assembly election]] he was elected as [[Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in May 2011. He became a state committee member in 1988 and a state secretariat member in 1995. He was elected to the Central committee of the party in 2002. He was elevated to the Politburo of the party in 2012. In 2015, he succeeded [[Biman Bose]] as the secretary of the West Bengal state committee. He is also a member of the all India working committee of [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was defeated in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly election]] as a candidate in Narayangarh.
 
==Early life==
Mishra was born in Khakurda in Narayangarh. He is a qualified doctor. He received his [[MBBS]] degree from [[Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital]], [[Cuttack]] in 1971 and then a Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surjyakanta Mishra(Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))):Constituency- NARAYANGARH(PASCHIM MEDINIPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=120 |website=myneta.info |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
 
He also studied in Medinipur College and University of Calcutta.
 
== Early political life==
Mishra's emergence in the political arena happened in the early 1970s, when he joined [[Students' Federation of India]]. Senior party leader [[Biman Bose]] heard the then SFI leader deliver a speech in Midnapore. Bose nudged Mishra to join politics full-time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Datta |first=Romita |date=9 May 2016 |title=Daktar babu takes on Didi: Can Surjya Kanta Mishra give CPM a booster shot? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20160509-west-bengal-assembly-elections-2016-mamata-banerjee-tmc-marxists-surjya-kanta-mishra-828818-2016-04-27 |magazine=India Today |access-date=9 May 2016}}</ref>
 
He was also involved in the peasants movement in the district and was associated with [[All India Kisan Sabha]].
 
Surjya Kanta Mishra became a member of CPI(M) in 1973. He unsuccessfully contested the 1977 assembly election from [[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]].
 
The following year he contested a district council seat from Narayangarh. He was elected as the Chairperson of the Medinipur Zila Parishad in 1978 and served until 1991.
 
==Political career==
In 1991, he was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] and was inducted into the state cabinet as a cabinet minister. He continued to represent [[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]] till 2016.
 
Within his capacity as a cabinet minister he served in the Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development departments. He has also served as Minister-In-Charge of Health and Family Welfare, Biotechnology. He remained in the state cabinet till 2011.
 
He became a state committee member in 1988 and a state secretariat member in 1995. He was elected to the Central committee of the party in 2002. He was elevated to the Politburo of the party in 2012.
 
Mishra, regarded as a hardliner, was part of the team that voted against Jyoti Basu becoming prime minister of a Left supported Congress-led government in 1996. Again, he was the one who, other hardliners, thought withdrawing support to UPA-I in 2008 over the US nuke deal was right.
 
After the defeat of the CPI(M) in the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|2011 assembly election]] he was elected as [[Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in May 2011 and continued till 2016. He lost to [[Trinamool Congress|TMC's]] Prodyut Kumar Ghosh with a margin over 13,500 votes in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly election]] as a candidate in [[Narayangarh Assembly constituency|Narayangarh]].
 
In 2015, he succeeded [[Biman Bose]] as the secretary of the West Bengal state committee. He is also a member of the all India working committee of [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was re-elected as secretary of the West Bengal state committee in 2018.
 
In 2022, he stepped down from his position as secretary of the West Bengal state committee and was succeeded by [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammed Salim]]. He also left the membership of the state committee owing to the age-limit. He continued to be a member of the central committee and politburo of CPI(M).
 
However, he continues to be active in the political space in the state.
 
== Electoral history ==
Mishra was elected as [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] for five consecutive terms.
 
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!Election
Year
!Office
Held
!Constituency
!Party affiliation
! Result
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|[[Member of the legislative assembly]]
|[[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| style="background:#FF6666"|Lost
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|[[Member of the legislative assembly]]
|[[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|style="background:#00FF80"|Won
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|[[Member of the legislative assembly]]
|[[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|style="background:#00FF80"|Won
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|[[Member of the legislative assembly]]
|[[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|style="background:#00FF80"|Won
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|[[Member of the legislative assembly]]
|[[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|style="background:#00FF80"|Won
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|[[Member of the legislative assembly]]
|[[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|style="background:#00FF80"|Won
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Member of the legislative assembly]]
|[[Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narayangarh]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|style="background:#FF6666"|Lost
|-
|}


== Personal life==
== Personal life==
Mishra is a qualified doctor. He received his [[MBBS]] degree from [[Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital]], [[Cuttack]] in 1971 and then a Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surjyakanta Mishra(Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))):Constituency- NARAYANGARH(PASCHIM MEDINIPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=120 |website=myneta.info |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> He is married to Usha Misra. The couple has two daughters.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
Mishra is married to Usha Misra. The couple has two daughters.
 
Even after shifting base to Kolkata and becoming a heavy weight minister in the state cabinet, Mishra stuck to his roots.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}


==References==
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Surjya Kanta Mishra
Mishra in 2007
Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
April 2012 – April 2025
State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal
In office
2015–2022
Preceded byBiman Bose
Succeeded byMd. Salim
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office
16 May 1991 – 13 May 2011
Chief MinisterJyoti Basu
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
MinistryHealth & Family Welfare, Biotechnology, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development
Preceded byPrasanta Chandra Sur
Succeeded bySubrata Mukherjee
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal
In office
1 June 2011 – 19 May 2016
DeputySubhas Naskar
Preceded byPartha Chatterjee
Succeeded byAbdul Mannan
Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal
In office
19 June 1991 – 19 May 2016
Preceded byBibhuti Bhusan De
Succeeded byPradyot Kumar Ghosh
ConstituencyNarayangarh
Personal details
Born (1949-04-18) 18 April 1949 (age 77)
Narayangarh, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyCPI(M)
Spouse(s)Usha Misra
ResidenceNarayangarh, West Midnapore, West Bengal
Alma materSCB Medical College (MBBS)
Midnapore College (BSc)
ProfessionPolitician, Social worker, Doctor

Surjya Kanta Mishra (born 18 April 1949) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the Left Front governments of West Bengal[1][2] and was the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee between 2015 and 2022.

After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in May 2011.[1] He was inducted into the politburo of the CPI(M) following the death of veteran leader M.K. Pandhe in 2011.[3][4] In 2015, he was elected as the state secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, succeeding Biman Bose.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Mishra was born in Khakurda in Narayangarh. He is a qualified doctor. He received his MBBS degree from Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack in 1971 and then a Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases in 1974.[5]

He also studied in Medinipur College and University of Calcutta.

Early political life[edit | edit source]

Mishra's emergence in the political arena happened in the early 1970s, when he joined Students' Federation of India. Senior party leader Biman Bose heard the then SFI leader deliver a speech in Midnapore. Bose nudged Mishra to join politics full-time.[6]

He was also involved in the peasants movement in the district and was associated with All India Kisan Sabha.

Surjya Kanta Mishra became a member of CPI(M) in 1973. He unsuccessfully contested the 1977 assembly election from Narayangarh.

The following year he contested a district council seat from Narayangarh. He was elected as the Chairperson of the Medinipur Zila Parishad in 1978 and served until 1991.

Political career[edit | edit source]

In 1991, he was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and was inducted into the state cabinet as a cabinet minister. He continued to represent Narayangarh till 2016.

Within his capacity as a cabinet minister he served in the Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development departments. He has also served as Minister-In-Charge of Health and Family Welfare, Biotechnology. He remained in the state cabinet till 2011.

He became a state committee member in 1988 and a state secretariat member in 1995. He was elected to the Central committee of the party in 2002. He was elevated to the Politburo of the party in 2012.

Mishra, regarded as a hardliner, was part of the team that voted against Jyoti Basu becoming prime minister of a Left supported Congress-led government in 1996. Again, he was the one who, other hardliners, thought withdrawing support to UPA-I in 2008 over the US nuke deal was right.

After the defeat of the CPI(M) in the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in May 2011 and continued till 2016. He lost to TMC's Prodyut Kumar Ghosh with a margin over 13,500 votes in the 2016 assembly election as a candidate in Narayangarh.

In 2015, he succeeded Biman Bose as the secretary of the West Bengal state committee. He is also a member of the all India working committee of All India Kisan Sabha. He was re-elected as secretary of the West Bengal state committee in 2018.

In 2022, he stepped down from his position as secretary of the West Bengal state committee and was succeeded by Mohammed Salim. He also left the membership of the state committee owing to the age-limit. He continued to be a member of the central committee and politburo of CPI(M).

However, he continues to be active in the political space in the state.

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

Mishra was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from the Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for five consecutive terms.

Election

Year

Office

Held

Constituency Party affiliation Result
1977 Member of the legislative assembly Narayangarh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Lost
1991 Member of the legislative assembly Narayangarh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Won
1996 Member of the legislative assembly Narayangarh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Won
2001 Member of the legislative assembly Narayangarh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Won
2006 Member of the legislative assembly Narayangarh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Won
2011 Member of the legislative assembly Narayangarh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Won
2016 Member of the legislative assembly Narayangarh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Lost

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Mishra is married to Usha Misra. The couple has two daughters.

Even after shifting base to Kolkata and becoming a heavy weight minister in the state cabinet, Mishra stuck to his roots.[citation needed]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Surjya Kanta Mishra: A profile". The Hindu. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Chaturvedi, Pradeep. Food Security and Panchayati Raj. New Delhi: Published for Indian Association for the Advancement of Science and Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations by Concept Pub. Co, 1997. p. 289
  3. ↑ Sengupta, Anindya (20 January 2012). "Rising sun in CPM's cloudy sky". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ↑ tripurainfo.com. Surja Kanta predicts 7th Left Front government
  5. ↑ "Surjyakanta Mishra(Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))):Constituency- NARAYANGARH(PASCHIM MEDINIPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Datta, Romita (9 May 2016). "Daktar babu takes on Didi: Can Surjya Kanta Mishra give CPM a booster shot?". India Today. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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Political offices
Preceded by
Prasanta Sur 		Minister of Health, Biotechnology, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development
in the West Bengal Government
1996 – 2011 		Succeeded by
Mamata Banerjee Subrata Mukherjee
Preceded by
Partha Chatterjee 		Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2011 – 2016 		Succeeded by
Abdul Mannan
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Bibhuti Bhusan De 		Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Narayangarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
1991 – 2016 		Succeeded by
Pradyot Kumar Ghosh
Preceded by
Biman Bose 		West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M)
2015 – 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
- 		Member of Polit Bureau of the CPI(M)
2011 – 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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