Tapan Dasgupta | |
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President , Hooghly District Trinamool Congress | |
In office 24 July 2005 –4 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Akbar Ali Khondkar |
Succeeded by | Dilip Yadav |
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 20 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Constituency | Saptagram,Hooghly |
Minister of Agriculture Marketing Government of West Bengal | |
In office 20 May 2016 –5 May 2021 | |
Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Preceded by | Rabindranath Bhattacharjee |
Succeeded by | Becharam Manna |
Personal details | |
Political party | Trinamool Congress |
Residence(s) | Hooghly,West Bengal |
Tapan Dasgupta is an Indian politician who served as minister of Agriculture Marketing in West Bengal under the ministry of Mamata Banerjee from 2016 till 2021. [1] Being a member of Trinamool Congress, [2] he is currently serving as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Saptagram constituency since 2011. [3]
Dasgupta was graduate student of Rishi Bankim College,Naihati. He completed his studies and did B.A. in Calcutta University in 1975. [4]
Mamata Banerjee,the Chief Minister of West Bengal,took action in July 2019 to remove minister Dasgupta from his position as party president of the Hooghly district unit. This came just a few days after his name was mentioned in connection with the kickback scandal. Dilip Yadav,a local leader,has taken over from Dasgupta in this role. [5]