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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{update|Did he survive the fast?|date=April 2019}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manas Ranjan Bhunia
| image = Manas Ranjan Bhunia - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4868.jpg
| caption = Manas Ranjan Bhunia. March 2023.
| birth_name = Manas Ranjan Bhunia<ref name="Profile"/>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|02|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sabang, Paschim Medinipur|Sabang]], [[West Bengal]], India
| residence = [[Kolkata]]
| office = Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development<br>[[Government of West Bengal]]
| governor = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]<br/>[[La. Ganesan]] ''(additional charge)''<br/>[[C. V. Ananda Bose]]
| term_start = 10 May 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Soumen Mahapatra|Dr. Soumen Kumar Mahapatra]]
| successor =
| office2 = Minister for Irrigation and Waterways & Small and Micro Industries and Textile<br>[[Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start2 = 20 May 2011
| term_end2 = 25 September 2012
| predecessor2 = [[Subhas Naskar]] (''Irrigation and Waterways'')
| successor2 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 19 August 2017
| term_end1 = 9 May 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Debabrata Bandyopadhyay]]
| successor1 = [[Sushmita Dev]]
| constituency = West Bengal
| governor2 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| office4 = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start4 = 2 May 2021
| term_end4 =
| constituency4 = [[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]]
| predecessor4 = Geeta Bhunia
| successor4 =
| term_start5 = 11 May 2006
| term_end5 = 18 August 2017
| predecessor5 = Tushar Kanti Laya
| successor5 = Geeta Bhunia
| term_start6 = 1982
| term_end6 = 14 May 2001
| predecessor6 = Gouranga Samanta
| successor6 = Tushar Kanti Laya
| office7 = [[President (corporate title)|President]] of the [[West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start7 = 23 October 2008
| term_end7 = 17 January 2011
| predecessor7 = [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]]
| successor7 = [[Pradip Bhattacharya]]
| party = [[File:All India Trinamool Congress flag (2).svg|25px]] [[Trinamool Congress]] (2016–present)
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (1970–2016)
| spouse = Gita Rani Bhunia<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tmc-fields-manas-ranjan-bhunias-wife-for-sabang-assembly-byelection/articleshow/61812726.cms TMC fields Manas Ranjan Bhunia's wife for Sabang Assembly by-election] ''The Times of India''. Retrieved 10 September 2021</ref>
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'''Manas Ranjan Bhunia''' is an Indian [[politician]] and was the Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and the Minister for Small & Micro Industries and Textile in the [[Government of West Bengal]].<ref name="Profile">{{Cite web|url=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|title=Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet|accessdate=22 May 2011|publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]]|date=21 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=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|archivedate=5 October 2011}}</ref> He is also an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], elected from the [[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]] constituency in the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]]. He along with all other ministers in the state cabinet resigned after [[Indian National Congress]] withdrew support for the state government. He joined the [[Trinamool Congress|All India Trinamool Congress]](AITC) in 2016. He is the current Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development for the [[Government of West Bengal]].

On 26 August 2015, he accused the [[West Bengal Police]] of selectively arresting supporters of the Chhatra Parishad movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/BJP-MLA-booked-for-assaulting-tehsildar/articleshow/48687169.cms|title=BJP MLA booked for assaulting tehsildar|work=The Times of India|date=26 August 2015 }}</ref> On September 16, he began an indefinite fast to protest the murder of one of the movement's members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/news/india/congress-mla-manas-bhuniya-starts-indefinite-fast-554470/|title=Congress MLA Manas Bhuniya starts indefinite fast|author=Press Trust of India|work=India.com}}</ref> In March 2021, he again got the AITC ticket to contest the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 West Bengal Assembly Election 2021]] from [[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]] constituency and won, defeating Amulya Maity of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] by 9,864 votes.

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Krishan Kumar Jangir at 20:09, 2 January 2026