Manish Gupta (politician)

Manish Gupta is an Indian politician who was the Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal. He was a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16684 votes.^[2][3] 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^[4] - a time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Deputy Chief Minister.^[5]

Manish Gupta
Gupta in 2015
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 14 March 2017[1] – 3 March 2020
Preceded by	Mithun Chakraborty
Succeeded by	Subrata Bakshi
Constituency	West Bengal
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
In office 21 May 2011 – 21 November 2012
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Department	Urban Development & Planning
Preceded by	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Succeeded by	Rachhpal Singh
In office 21 November 2012 – 19 May 2016
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Department	Power & Electrical Engineering
Preceded by	Mrinal Banerjee
Succeeded by	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Constituency	Jadavpur
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 13 May 2011 – 19 May 2016
Preceded by	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Succeeded by	Dr. Sujan Chakraborty
Constituency	Jadavpur
Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal
In office 1997–2001
Born	(1941-11-11) 11 November 1941 (age 82)
Education	Calcutta University (B.Sc), IAS
Political party	Trinamool Congress

On 10 March 2017, Manish Gupta was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, after the seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Mithun Chakraborty.^[5]

External links

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

References

1. "Bureaucrat-turned politician Manish Gupta elected as Rajya Sabha member". 10 March 2017.
2. "Buddhadeb loses at Jadavpur constituency" Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times, May 14, 2011.
3. "The man who beat Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the first time in 24 years", NDTV, May 13, 2011.
4. Great Fall of Bengal Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine,Hindustan Times, May 14, 2011.
5. Manogya Loiwal (1 March 2017). "Trinamool Congress nominates former minister and retired IAS Manish Gupta to Rajya Sabha". India Today. Retrieved 1 May 2021.