Tapan Dasgupta Explained

Office1:Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Termstart1:20 May 2011
Predecessor1:New seat
Office2:Minister of Agriculture Marketing
Government of West Bengal
Governor2:Keshari Nath TripathiJagdeep Dhankhar
Predecessor2:Rabindranath Bhattacharjee
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Mamata Banerjee
Successor2:Becharam Manna
Termstart2:20 May 2016
Termend2:5 May 2021
Office:President, Hooghly District Trinamool Congress
Termstart:24 July 2005
Termend:4 July 2019
Predecessor:Akbar Ali Khondkar
Successor:Dilip Yadav
Party:Trinamool Congress
Residence:Hooghly, West Bengal
Constituency:Saptagram, Hooghly

Tapan Dasgupta is an Indian politician who served as minister of Agriculture Marketing in West Bengal under the ministry of Mamata Banerjee from 2016 till 2021.[1] Being a member of Trinamool Congress,[2] he is currently serving as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Saptagram constituency since 2011.[3]

Early life and education

Dasgupta was graduate student of Rishi Bankim College, Naihati. He completed his studies and did B.A. in Calcutta University in 1975.[4]

Controversies

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, took action in July 2019 to remove minister Dasgupta from his position as party president of the Hooghly district unit. This came just a few days after his name was mentioned in connection with the kickback scandal. Dilip Yadav, a local leader, has taken over from Dasgupta in this role.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suryagni Roy . September 14, 2021 . No votes, no water and electricity: Bengal minister Tapan Dasgupta threatens voters . 2022-09-03 . India Today . en.
  2. News: 2016-05-27 . List of Ministers in Mamata's cabinet . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-09-03 . 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: TMC leader Aditya Niyogi shot at in West Bengal's Hooghly district . 2022-09-03 . The New Indian Express.
  4. Web site: Tapan Dasgupta(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- SAPTAGRAM(HOOGHLY) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: . 2022-09-03 . myneta.info.
  5. Web site: 2019-07-05 . ‘Cut money’ fallout: CM Mamata Banerjee sacks Hooghly district unit chief Tapan Dasgupta . 2022-09-03 . The Indian Express . en.