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| Office | Deputy Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
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| Office | Minister for Agriculture Government of West Bengal |
| Office | Minister of State(Independent Charge) for Planning, Statistics & Programme Monitoring Government of West Bengal |
| Office | Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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| Predecessor | Sukumar Hansda
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| Born | 1951-11-03 (age 75) |
| Born | Rampurhat, Birbhum, India
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress
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| Alma mater | BA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University |
| Occupation | Associate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001)
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Asish Banerjee is an Indian politician representing All India Trinamool Congress, who was the minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture in the Government of West Bengal from 2017 to 2021.[1] He is also M.L.A of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Elected from Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) five times (term 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 & 2021).[2]
Early life
Asish Banerjee was born in Rampurhat Birbhum district in West Bengal. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from Burdwan University. He also completed his PhD at the same university. During this period he was elected General Secretary of University Student'ls Council.
Career
After he completing his education at Burdwan University, Banerjee was an associate professor of Bengali at Rampurhat College under Burdwan University.
MLA of Rampurhat
He was elected as M.L.A from Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2001 and subsequently re-elected from same constituency in 2006, 2011 and 2016. Banerjee first time sworn in as a Minister of State under chief minister Mamata Banerjee in 2014 and allotted the independent charge of Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. The next year he was nominated for minister in charge for Department of Biotechnology, Department of Statistics and Programme implementation, Planning.[3]
In 2017, he took charge as the Agriculture Minister of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021) from his predecessor Purnendo Bose.[3]
References
- ↑ Agriculture Minister, Banerjee, Dr. Asish. wb.gov.in(July 2017).
- ↑ Rampurhat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister. millenniumpost.in(6 September 2017). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/ministers
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190606083438/http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/full-list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-in-the-new-west-bengal-government/
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/goal-to-promote-maize-in-bengal/cid/1720014
- https://zeenews.india.com/west-bengal/small-reshuffle-in-west-bengal-government-2040130.html
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