Manish Gupta is an Indian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

who was the Minister for Power in the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, principal administrative authority of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Constitution ...

. He was a Member of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...

. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent

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, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16684 votes. He served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief Secretary of

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before he retired as an IAS officer. He also worked as the Chief Secretary of

under

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

Jyoti Basu Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010) was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest ...

Great Fall of Bengal
,''Hindustan Times'', May 14, 2011. - a time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Deputy Chief Minister. On 10 March 2017, Manish Gupta was elected unopposed to the

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, after the seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa ...

External links

Manish Gupta's Tribute to his Former Boss, Jyoti Basu

Affidavits filed by Manish Gupta in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal

References

Living people Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal Place of birth missing (living people) State cabinet ministers of West Bengal 1942 births Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 {{WestBengal-politician-stub