Subrata Bakshi (born 23 July 1950) is an Indian

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who currently serves as

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from

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. He was the General Secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress and

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. He was the Minister for Public Works and the Minister for Transport in the

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in 2011. He was also an MLA, elected from the Bhabanipur constituency in the

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.All the Didi's men
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Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 2 ...

resigned to become a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was elected on 10 December 2011 with a margin of 2,30,999 votes, and re-elected in 2014.

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