Manish Gupta (politician)

Manish Gupta is an Indian politician who was the Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal. He was a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16684 votes.[3][4] He served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal before he retired as an IAS officer. He also worked as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal under Chief Minister Jyoti Basu[5] - a time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Deputy Chief Minister.[2]

Manish Gupta
Gupta in 2015
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
14 March 2017[1] – 3 March 2020
Preceded byMithun Chakraborty
Succeeded bySubrata Bakshi
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office
21 May 2011 – 21 November 2012
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Department
  • Urban Development & Planning
Preceded byBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Succeeded byRachhpal Singh
In office
21 November 2012 – 19 May 2016
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Department
  • Power & Electrical Engineering
Preceded byMrinal Banerjee
Succeeded bySovandeb Chattopadhyay
ConstituencyJadavpur
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2011 – 19 May 2016
Preceded byBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Succeeded byDr. Sujan Chakraborty
ConstituencyJadavpur
Born (1941-11-11) 11 November 1941
EducationCalcutta University (B.Sc), IAS
OfficeChief Secretary of Government of West Bengal
Term1997 - 2001[2]
Political partyTrinamool Congress

On 10 March 2017, Manish Gupta was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, after the seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Mithun Chakraborty.[2]

References
  1. "Bureaucrat-turned politician Manish Gupta elected as Rajya Sabha member". 10 March 2017.
  2. Manogya Loiwal (1 March 2017). "Trinamool Congress nominates former minister and retired IAS Manish Gupta to Rajya Sabha". India Today. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. "Buddhadeb loses at Jadavpur constituency" Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times, May 14, 2011.
  4. "The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in 24 years", NDTV, May 13, 2011.
  5. Great Fall of Bengal Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine,Hindustan Times, May 14, 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.