Subhas Naskar Explained

Subhas Naskar
Birth Date:1952 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Basanti, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
Office1:Deputy Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal
Term Start1:13 May 2011
Term End1:19 May 2016
Predecessor1:Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Successor1:Dr. Sujan Chakraborty
Leader1:Surjya Kanta Mishra
Office2:MLA
Term Start2:1982
Term End2:2016
Predecessor2:Kalipada Burman
Successor2:Gobinda Chandra Naskar
Constituency2:Basanti
Office:Minister for Irrigation & Waterways
Term Start:2005
Term End:2011
Predecessor:Amarendralal Roy
Successor:Manas Bhunia
Governor:Viren J. Shah
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
M.K. Narayanan
Nationality:Indian
Party:RSP
Residence:Vill & PO Kumrakhali, Basanti
Alma Mater:University of Calcutta (B.A.)
Profession:Politician, Teacher, social worker

Subhas Naskar is an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Socialist Party. He served as Irrigation Minister in the Left Front government of West Bengal. He has won the Basanti Legislative Assembly seat in the 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 elections.[1] After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[2]

Subhas Naskar's ancestral house at Basanti was attacked during panchayat elections in 2008 and a bomb was allegedly thrown by CPI(M) supporters, fatally injuring his nephew's wife.[3] [4]

The son of the late Prajapati Naskar, he is a graduate and a former school teacher.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 2010-10-25 .
  2. The Hindu. Surjya Kanta Mishra elected Leader of the Opposition
  3. Web site: Basu unity fear echoes in blast. https://web.archive.org/web/20080520011554/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080516/jsp/bengal/story_9278627.jsp . dead . 20 May 2008 . The Telegraph, 16 May 2008 . 29 October 2014.
  4. Web site: Why Bengal politics are so bloody . BBC News 20 May 2008. 29 October 2014.
  5. Web site: Subhas Naskar. My Neta. 29 October 2014.