Manas Bhunia

Manas Bhunia
Manas Bhunia
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 19 August 2017 – May 9, 2021
Preceded by	Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
Succeeded by	Sushmita Dev
Constituency	West Bengal
Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development; Government of West Bengal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 10, 2021
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Somen Mahapatra
Minister for Irrigation and Waterways & Small and Micro Industries and Textile; Government of West Bengal
	In office; May 20, 2011 – September 25, 2012
Governor	M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Subhas Naskar (Irrigation and Waterways)
Succeeded by	Mamata Banerjee
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Preceded by	Geeta Bhunia
Constituency	Sabang
	In office; 2006–2017
Preceded by	Tushar Kanti Laya
Succeeded by	Geeta Bhunia
	In office; 1982–2001
Preceded by	Gouranga Samanta
Succeeded by	Tushar Kanti Laya
President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
	In office; 23 October 2008 – 17 January 2011
Preceded by	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Succeeded by	Pradip Bhattacharya
Personal details
Born	Manas Ranjan Bhunia; 28 February 1952 (age 71); Sabang, Paschim Medinipur
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress (2016–present)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (1970–2016)
Spouse(s)	Gita Rani Bhunia
Residence	Kolkata

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Manas Ranjan Bhunia is an Indian politician and was the Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and the Minister for Small & Micro Industries and Textile in the Government of West Bengal.^[1] He is also an MLA, elected from the Sabang constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election. He along with all other ministers in the state cabinet resigned after I.N.C. took back the support from the state government. He joined the All India Trinamool Congress in 2016. He is the current Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development for the Government of West Bengal

On 26 August 2015, he accused West Bengal police forces of selectively arresting supporters of the Chhatra Parishad movement.^[3] On September 16, he began an indefinite fast to protest the murder of one of the movement's members.^[4] In March 2021, he again got the ticket to contest in the West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 from Sabang constituency and won.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
↑ TMC fields Manas Ranjan Bhunia's wife for Sabang Assembly by-election The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021
↑ "BJP MLA booked for assaulting tehsildar". The Times of India.
↑ Press Trust of India. "Congress MLA Manas Bhuniya starts indefinite fast". India.com.

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[Profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

[2] TMC fields Manas Ranjan Bhunia's wife for Sabang Assembly by-election The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021

[3] "BJP MLA booked for assaulting tehsildar". The Times of India.

[4] Press Trust of India. "Congress MLA Manas Bhuniya starts indefinite fast". India.com.

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