Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Nisith Pramanik |
Constituency | Cooch Behar |
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 19 May 2016 –4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Keshab Chandra Roy |
Succeeded by | Sangita Roy |
Constituency | Sitai |
Personal details | |
Political party | Trinamool Congress |
Residence(s) | Sitai,Cooch Behar district,West Bengal |
Alma mater | University of North Bengal |
Profession | Politician |
Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia is an Indian politician from TMC. In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sitai. [1] [2] He is currently serving as the Member of Parliament from Cooch Behar. [3] [4]
Barma Basunia is from Sitai,Cooch Behar district. His father's name is Kalipada Barma Basunia. [5] He passed BA from North Bengal University in 1983 and B.P.Ed. from Amaravati University in 1988. [6] He was elected as Pradhan from All India Forward Bloc. He joined AITC in 2011. He was elected as the President of Sitai Panchayat Samiti in 2013. He contested 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Sitai Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 2 May 2021. [7] [8]