Manas Bhunia

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.

Manas Bhunia
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
19 August 2017
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byDebabrata Bandyopadhyay
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Minister for Irrigation and Waterways, Government of West Bengal
In office
May 20, 2011  September 25, 2012
Preceded bySubhas Naskar
Succeeded byMamata Banerjee
ConstituencySabang
Minister for Small & Micro Industries and Textile, Government of West Bengal
In office
May 20, 2011  Sept, 25,2012
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Succeeded byMamata banerjee
ConstituencySabang
MLA
In office
1982-1996,2003-  24 July 2017 (Resigned)
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byGouranga Samanta
Succeeded byGeeta Bhunia
ConstituencySabang
President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
23 October 2008  17 January 2011
Preceded byPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Succeeded byPradip Bhattacharya
Personal details
Born
Manas Ranjan Bhunia[1]

(1952-02-28) 28 February 1952
Sabang, Paschim Medinipur
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (2016)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1970-2016)
ResidenceKolkata

On 26 August 2015, he accused West Bengal police forces of selectively arresting supporters of the Chhatra Parishad movement.[2] On September 16, he began an indefinite fast to protest the murder of one of the movement's members.[3]

References

  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. "BJP MLA booked for assaulting tehsildar". The Times of India.
  3. Press Trust of India. "Congress MLA Manas Bhuniya starts indefinite fast". India.com.


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