Mihir Goswami

Mihir Goswami is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly (1996–2001) & (2016–2021) from the Cooch Behar Dakshin constituency. He was the Chairman of NBSTC (North Bengal State Transport Corporation). He was a member of Trinamool Congress party until 2020, when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He currently represents the Natabari.

Mihir Goswami
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	Rabindra Nath Ghosh
Constituency	Natabari
In office 1996 - 2001, 2016 – 2021
Preceded by	Akshay Thakur
Succeeded by	Nikhil Ranjan Dey
Constituency	Cooch Behar Dakshin
Deputy Leader of Opposition West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 10 May 2021 – Incumbent
Personal details
Born	9 February 1954 Cooch Behar
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2020-present)
Other political affiliations	All India Trinamool Congress (1998-2020) Indian National Congress (1984-1998)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

He was District Youth Congress President in undivided Congress (When Mamata Banerjee State Youth Congress President). He won the Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) seat in 1996 as an Indian National Congress candidate. Later, he joined the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 Later, he won the same seat again in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He resigned from the TMC and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 27 November 2020, having resigned his offices on 31 October. He was elected from the Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election as a BJP candidate.

External links

• West Bengal Legislative Assembly
• Mihir Goswami on Twitter