Rathin Ghosh

Rathin Ghosh
Rathin Ghosh
Minister for Food & Supplies, Government Of West Bengal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 May 2021
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Jyotipriya Mallick
MLA
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 13, 2011
Governor	M. K. Narayanan; Keshari Nath Tripathi; Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Constituency	Madhyamgram
Personal details
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Spouse(s)	Krishna Ghosh
Children	1
Residence	Madhyamgram
Alma mater	Calcutta University

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Rathin Ghosh is currently Food and Supplies Minister of West Bengal in third Mamata Banerjee Government. He is an Indian politician belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Madhyamgram in 2011, 2016 and 2021.^[1]^[2]

In 1998 he joined Trinamool congress and Trinamool Congress won the Madhyamgram Municipality election by defeating Left Front (Ruling party of state at that time) and then went on to become the first TMC Chairman of North 24 Parganas and under his leadership TMC got the first Municipal Board in North 24 Parganas. He was a congressmen earlier, he went on to become the Chairman of the Madhyamgram Municipality in 1999 for the first time. He was an corporator in the 2004 municipal board after the elections were drastically rigged by then left front leader Subhash Chakraborty. He is also well known for his huge development works in all over the Madhyamgram. Since then he had been 3 time chairman of the municipality and 4 time Corporator, and a 3 time MLA of West Bengal Assembly. Besides this he is a fulltime social worker who undertakes study responsibility of hundreds of poor children.

In 2021 after West Bengal Legislative Elections CM Mamata Banerjee made him the Cabinet Minister of Government of West Bengal. He is currently Food and Supplies Minister of West Bengal in third Mamata Banerjee Government.

References[edit]

↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ List of Winners in West Bengal 2016

[vidhansabha2011-1] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[2] List of Winners in West Bengal 2016

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