Manish Gupta (politician)

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Manish Gupta
Minister for Development & Planning
Incumbent
Assumed office May 20, 2011
MLA
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2011
Preceded by	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Constituency	Jadavpur
Personal details
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Residence	20 Suren Tagore Road, Kolkata - 700 019.
Alma mater	Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S)
Religion	Hindu

Manish Gupta is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Development & Planning in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Jadavpur constituency in the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011. In this election he historically defeated by 16,684 votes his former boss,^[1] the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years.^[2] Interestingly he served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal before he retired as an IAS officer. He also worked as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal under Chief Minister Jyoti Basu^[3] - a time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Deputy Chief Minister.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Gupta's Tribute to his Former Boss, Jyoti Basu
• Affidavits filed by Manish Gupta in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal

References

1. ^ "Buddhadeb loses at Jadavpur constituency", Hindustan Times, May 14, 2011.
2. ^ "The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in 24 years", NDTV, May 13, 2011.
3. ^ Great Fall of Bengal,Hindustan Times, May 14, 2011.

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