Sukumar Hansda Explained

Sukumar Hansda
Birth Date:1956/1957
Residence:Kolkata
Death Date:29 October 2020 (aged 63)
Term Start:28 December 2018
2Blankname:Speaker
2Namedata:Biman Banerjee
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Mamata Banerjee
Predecessor:Haider Aziz Safwi
Term End:29 October 2020
Successor:Asish Banerjee
Governor:Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Office2:Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:13 May 2011
Term End2:29 October 2020
Constituency2:Jhargram
Predecessor2:Amar Basu
Governor2:M. K. Narayanan
Party:All India Trinamool Congress

Sukumar Hansda (1956/1957 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian politician who served as Minister for Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a MLA, elected from the Jhargram constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1] [2] [3] He also served as the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Sukumar Hansda died of prostate cancer, aged 63, on 29 October 2020, at a private hospital in Kolkata[4] and tested positive for COVID-19.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  2. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/All+the+didi's+men/1/43364.html All the Didi's men
  3. Web site: Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet. 22 May 2011. Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view. 5 October 2011.
  4. News: West Bengal deputy speaker Sukumar Hansda dies of cancer. . 29 October 2020 .
  5. https://zeenews.india.com/west-bengal/sukumar-hansda-tmc-mla-and-bengal-assembly-dy-speaker-passes-away-2320917.html Sukumar Hansda, TMC MLA and Bengal assembly Dy Speaker, passes away