Kanti Ganguly | |
Birth Date: | 1943 4, df=yes |
Residence: | P-9 Panchasayar Aykar Griha Nirman Samabya Society Ltd., PO Panchasyar, PS Purba Jadavpur, Kolkata |
Constituency1: | Mathurapur |
Office1: | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Term1: | 2001-2011 |
Predecessor1: | Satya Ranjan Bapuli |
Successor1: | Constituency abolished |
Constituency: | Mathurapur |
Office: | Minister for Sports, Youth Welfare and Sundarbans Development Government of West Bengal |
Term: | 2001-2011 |
Party: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Native Name: | কান্তি গাঙ্গুলি |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay (known as Kanti Ganguly) is an Indian Social worker and politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as a minister in the Left Front government of West Bengal.
He was initially minister in charge of Sunderbans Development and after the death of Subhas Chakraborty in 2009, he was also allotted the portfolio of sports and youth welfare.[1] [2]
The son of the late Bhuban Mohan Gangopadhyay, he is a commerce graduate.[3]
He was elected to state assembly in 2001 and 2006 from Mathurapur.[4] [5]