Purnendu Basu is an Indian politician and the former Minister for Agriculture in the Government of West Bengal.[1] He was also an MLA, elected from the Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency in the 2011 and 2016 West Bengal state assembly election. He is currently Chairperson of West Bengal State Council of Technical and Vocational Education for Skill Development.

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Purnendu Basu
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2011  2 May 2021
Preceded byRabindranath Mondal
Succeeded byAditi Munshi
ConstituencyRajarhat Gopalpur
Cabinet Minister
Government of West Bengal
In office
2011–2021
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
D. Y. Patil
M. K. Narayanan
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Department
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byMoloy Ghatak (from Agriculture)
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born (1952-09-26) 26 September 1952 (age 71)
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
Residence(s)Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Career

MLA of Rajarhat Gopalpur

He served as the MLA, elected from the Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency in the 2011 and 2016 West Bengal state assembly election[2][3][4] and was succeeded by Aditi Munshi in 2021 election.

Minister of West Bengal

He served as the Agriculture Minister of West Bengal Government in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry from the years 2014 until 2017, when he was replaced by Asish Banerjee.[1]

He served as Minister of Labour of West Bengal Government in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry between the years 2011 – 2014 and was replaced by Moloy Ghatak.[1]

He also served as Minister for Technical Education, Training & Skill Development of West Bengal Government from 2011-2016 and was replaced by Ashima Patra and again from 2017 – 2021 and was succeeded by Humayun Kabir.

References

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