Kanti Ganguly

Kanti Ganguly
Kanti Ganguly
কান্তি গাঙ্গুলি
Minister for Sports, Youth Welfare and Sundarbans Development; Government of West Bengal
	In office; 2001-2011
Constituency	Mathurapur
MLA
	In office; 2001-2011
Preceded by	Satya Ranjan Bapuli
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Mathurapur
Personal details
Born	14 April 1943 (age 80)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Residence	P-9 Panchasayar Aykar Griha Nirman Samabya Society Ltd., PO Panchasyar, PS Purba Jadavpur, Kolkata

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Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay (known as Kanti Ganguly) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as a minister in the Left Front government of West Bengal.

He was initially minister in charge of Sunderbans Development and after the death of Subhas Chakraborty in 2009, he was also allotted the portfolio of sports and youth welfare.^[1]^[2]

The son of the late Bhuban Mohan Gangopadhyay, he is a commerce graduate.^[3]

He was elected to state assembly in 2001 and 2006 from Mathurapur.^[4]^[5] Kanti Ganguly is one of the few indian politicians who prefer working on ground and helping people of his area instead of giving speeches to win elections. He was accused in the Bijon Setu massacre.^[6]

References[edit]

↑ "Subhas loyalist may get ministry". Indian Express, 9 August 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ "Kanti complains against secretary". The Times of India 9 April 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ "Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay". My Neta. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/why-corpses-of-a-1982-killing-are-stirring-again/

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[1] "Subhas loyalist may get ministry". Indian Express, 9 August 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[2] "Kanti complains against secretary". The Times of India 9 April 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[3] "Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay". My Neta. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-4] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[vidhansabha2006-5] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[6] ttps://indianexpress.com/article/explained/why-corpses-of-a-1982-killing-are-stirring-again/

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