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 The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

. He is also an MLA, elected from the Sabang constituency in the

2011 West Bengal state assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 ...

. 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 The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

in 2016. He is the current Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development for the

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

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Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Living people State cabinet ministers of West Bengal 1952 births Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal {{WestBengal-politician-stub