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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Tapan Assembly constituency|Tapan]]
| term_start = 2011
| term_end = 2021
| profession = Politician, Teacher
| predecessor =
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| office1 = Minister of State for North Bengal Development
| term_end1 = 2021
| term_start1 = 2016
| other_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|03|1|df=yes}}<ref name="ourneta.com">{{Cite web |title=Bachchu Hansda, AITC MLA from Tapan - Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/bachchu-hansda/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |language=en}}</ref>
}}
'''Bachchu Hansda''' (born 1 March 1979)<ref name="ourneta.com">{{Cite web |title=Bachchu Hansda, AITC MLA from Tapan - Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/bachchu-hansda/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur|Tapan]] in West Bengal. He served as the Minister of State for North Bengal Development in the Government of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021. Hansda was elected twice to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Tapan Assembly constituency|Tapan constituency]], in [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]] and [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-01 |title=Tapan (West Bengal) Assembly Election Results 2021 Live: Winner, Runner-up |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/tapan-west-bengal-assembly-election-results-2021-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-7294352/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-23 |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Tapan profile: TMC's Bachchu Hansda retained seat in 2016 election |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-tapan-profile-tmcs-bachchu-hansda-retained-seat-in-2016-election-9297581.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>

Hansda faced allegations of widespread corruption, including accusations of accepting large sums of money from individuals in exchange for appointments to government teaching positions at various school levels. As a result of these allegations, the [[Trinamool Congress]] denied him a ticket to contest the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], later Hansda joined opposition party [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bangla |first=TV9 |date=2022-03-29 |title=মন্ত্রী হয়েছিলেন একবার, বাচ্চু হাঁসদার বাড়ি দেখলে চমকে যাবেন আপনিও |url=https://tv9bangla.com/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/the-house-worth-crores-of-rupees-is-bachchu-hansdar-535869.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=TV9 Bangla |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Pal |first=Satyen |date=2021-05-29 |title=তৃণমূলে ফিরতে মরিয়া প্রাক্তন মন্ত্রী বাচ্চু হাঁসদা, বিজেপি বলছে 'সুযোগসন্ধানী' |trans-title=Desperate to Return to TMC, Former Minister Bachchu Hansda, BJP Calls Him 'Opportunistic' |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/districts/bacchu-hansda-wants-to-return-in-tmc-31622277255095.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529133620/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/districts/bacchu-hansda-wants-to-return-in-tmc-31622277255095.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2021 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Hansda was first nominated as a candidate by the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], where he contested against [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] leader Khara Soren. Hansda won the election with a margin of 18,657 votes, securing a total of 72,643 votes, and Soren received 53,986 votes.<ref name=":0" />

In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Hansda was again fielded by the [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]. He contested against [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] leader Urow Raghu and won the election with a reduced margin of 4,401 votes, obtaining 72,511 votes, while Raghu received 68,110 votes. Following this victory, Hansda was appointed the Minister of State for North Bengal Development in the [[Second Banerjee ministry|Mamata Banerjee-led government]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bachchu Hansda(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- TAPAN (ST)(DAKSHIN DINAJPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=382 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

Hansda later faced allegations of widespread corruption, including accusations of accepting large sums of money from individuals in exchange for appointments to government teaching positions. As a consequence of these allegations, the TMC denied him a ticket for the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=":1" />

On 10 April 2021, after TMC denied him ticket, Hansda joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|Bharatiya Janata Party]], the primary opposition party in West Bengal, in the presence of [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]] at an event in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Denied Ticket, Trinamool Minister Bachchu Hansda, MLA Gouri Sankar Dutta Join BJP |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-denied-ticket-trinamool-congress-minister-bachchu-hansda-mla-gouri-sankar-dutta-join-bjp-2387948 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohant |first=Anupratan |date=27 May 2021 |title=হারিয়েছেন তো বাচ্চুই, বলছেন তৃণমূল কর্মীরা |trans-title=TMC Workers Say It Was Bachchu Who Lost |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/north-bengal/tmc-workers-on-ground-dont-want-bacchu-hansda-back/cid/1283437 |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=Anandabazar}}</ref> Seven days later he expressed his desire to rejoin the Trinamool Congress; the party declined his request. Since then, Hansda has not been affiliated with any political party and teaches at schools that he owns.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Apromeya Datta |date=2021-05-26 |title='‌এখন ফিরিয়ে নিলে আরও কাজ করতে পারব'‌, তৃণমূলে ফিরতে চাইছেন বাচ্চু |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/districts/former-minister-bacchu-hansda-want-to-return-tmc-from-bjp-31622008381634.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526060422/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/districts/former-minister-bacchu-hansda-want-to-return-tmc-from-bjp-31622008381634.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2021 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=সাতদিনেই মোহভঙ্গ! বিজেপি ছেড়ে তৃণমূলে ফেরার ইচ্ছাপ্রকাশ বাচ্চু হাঁসদার |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021-former-minister-bachchu-hansda-set-to-return-to-his-old-party-tmc/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=sangbadpratidin |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:1979 births]]

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