Hiten Barman | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2004-2009 | |
Preceded by | Amar Roy Pradhan |
Succeeded by | Nripendra Nath Roy |
Constituency | Cooch Behar |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2011–2021 | |
Succeeded by | Baren Chandra Barman |
Constituency | Sitalkuchi |
Forest Minister | |
In office 2011-2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gopalpur,District:Cooch Behar | 21 June 1950
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (2009 –present) All India Forward Bloc (1972-2009) |
Spouse | Kalpana Barman |
Children | Two sons (Tapan Barman and Piyush Barman) |
Residence(s) | Amlapara,Ward No. 6,P.O. Mathabhanga,District:Cooch Behar |
Hiten Barman is an Indian politician,who was earlier with All India Forward Bloc and later joined All India Trinamool Congress in the Indian state West Bengal. [1]
Hiten Barman,son of Maneswar and Rajabala Barman,was born on 21 June 1950 at Gopalpur in Cooch Behar district. [2]
Educated at Mathabhanga High School,he passed Higher Secondary and Junior Basic Training,and became a teacher. [2]
He married Kalpana in 1983 and they have two sons. [2]
He entered politics at a young age in 1972,when he was studying at Ananda Chandra College in Jalpaiguri. Initially involved in student politics,he subsequently joined the Forward Bloc. Hailing from a peasant family he emerged as the saha-sabhapati of Mathabhanga Panchayat Samiti. In the 1996 Lok Sabha election,he contested as a candidate of the Forward Bloc (Socialist) led by Kamal Guha. He faced defeat then but was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from the Cooch Behar seat as a Forward Bloc candidate. [3] [4]
In 2009,the Forward Bloc refused to renominate their sitting MP. This aggrieved him and he left the party and later joined the Trinamool Congress. [3] [5] In 2011,he was elected to the state assembly on a Trinamool Congress ticket from the Sitalkuchi (Vidhan Sabha constituency). [6] He was made the Forest Minister in 2011 but was dropped in a reshuffle in 2013. [3] [7] [8]