Subhas Naskar | |
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Minister for Irrigation & Waterways | |
In office 2005–2011 | |
Governor | Viren J. Shah Gopalkrishna Gandhi M.K. Narayanan |
Preceded by | Amarendralal Roy |
Succeeded by | Manas Bhunia |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal | |
In office 13 May 2011 –19 May 2016 | |
Leader | Surjya Kanta Mishra |
Preceded by | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury |
Succeeded by | Nepal Mahata |
MLA | |
In office 1982–2016 | |
Preceded by | Kalipada Burman |
Succeeded by | Gobinda Chandra Naskar |
Constituency | Basanti |
Personal details | |
Born | Basanti,South 24 Parganas,West Bengal | 13 January 1952
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | RSP |
Residence(s) | Vill &PO Kumrakhali,Basanti |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A.) |
Profession | Politician,Teacher,social worker |
Subhas Naskar is an Indian politician,belonging to the Revolutionary Socialist Party. He served as Irrigation Minister in the Left Front government of West Bengal. [1] He has won the Basanti Legislative Assembly seat in the 1982,1987,1991,1996,2001,2006 and 2011 elections. [1] [2] After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. [1]
Subhas Naskar's ancestral house at Basanti was attacked during panchayat elections in 2008 and a bomb was allegedly thrown by CPI(M) supporters,fatally injuring his nephew's wife. [3] [4]
The son of the late Prajapati Naskar,he is a graduate and a former school teacher. [5]