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Nisith Pramanik
Minister of State for Home Affairs
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Serving with Nityanand Rai and A.K Mishra
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAmit Shah
Preceded byG. Kishan Reddy
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAnurag Thakur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byParthapratim Roy
ConstituencyCooch Behar
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2 May 2021 – 12 May 2021
ConstituencyDinhata
Personal details
Born (1986-01-17) 17 January 1986 (age 40)
Dinhata, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2019-present)
Other political
affiliations
All India Trinamool Congress (until February 2019)
Spouse(s)Priyanka Pramanik
Children2
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Nisith Pramanik (born 17 January 1986) is an Indian politician and a Union Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from West Bengal. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Cooch Behar, West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Personal life

Pramanik was born on 17 January 1986 to Bidhu Bhushan Pramanik and Chhanda Pramanik in Dinhata in Cooch behar district of West Bengal. He attained a Bachelor of Computer Applications (B.C.A.). He is married to Priyanka Pramanik, with whom he has two sons.[2]

Political career

The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind administering the oath as Minister of State to Shri Nisith Pramanik, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on July 07, 2021.

He was also a member of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) before joining the BJP in March 2019.[3][4] In July 2021, he became Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in Second Modi ministry after the Cabinet reshuffle.[5]At 35, he is the youngest minister in the present Union Cabinet.[6][7]

References

  1. "BJP fares well in 'minority-concentration' districts, wins over 50% seats". The Times of India. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "TMC leader joins BJP, says only PM Modi can save country". in.news.yahoo.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ANI (1 March 2019). "TMC leader joins BJP, says only PM Modi can save country". Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. "Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers". India Today. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nisith-pramanik-cooch-behar-35-youngest-modi-cabinet-1825078-2021-07-07
  7. Nishith Pramanik Youngest Minister: 35-year-old Nishith pramanik became the youngest minister of modi cabinet joined bjp from tmc 2 years ago

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