Subhas Naskar
Subhas Naskar | |
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2011 | |
Preceded by | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury |
Succeeded by | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty |
MLA | |
In office 1982–2016 | |
Preceded by | Kalipada Burman |
Succeeded by | Gobinda Chandra Naskar |
Constituency | Basanti |
Minister for Irrigation & Waterways | |
In office 1991–2011 | |
Governor |
Viren J. Shah Gopalkrishna Gandhi M.K. Narayanan |
Succeeded by | Rajib Banerjee |
Personal details | |
Born |
Basanti, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal | 1 May 1952
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | RSP |
Residence | Vill & PO Kumrakhali, Basanti |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A.) |
Profession | Politician, Teacher, social worker |
Religion | Hindu |
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]
References
- 1 2 3 The Hindu. Surjya Kanta Mishra elected Leader of the Opposition
- ↑ "101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ↑ "Basu unity fear echoes in blast". The Telegraph, 16 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Why Bengal politics are so bloody". BBC News 20 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Subhas Naskar". My Neta. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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