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| Second Bhattacharjee ministry | |
|---|---|
| 10th Ministry of West Bengal | |
| 2001—2006 | |
| Date formed | 10 May 2001 |
| Date dissolved | 8 May 2006 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | Viren J. Shah Gopalkrishna Gandhi |
| Chief Minister | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| No. of ministers |
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| Member party | Left Front |
| Status in legislature | Majority199 / 294 (68%) |
| Opposition party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Opposition leader | Pankaj Banerjee |
| History | |
| Election | 2001 |
| Outgoing election | 2006 |
| Legislature term | 13th Assembly |
| Predecessor | First Bhattacharjee ministry |
| Successor | Third Bhattacharjee ministry |
Buddhadev Bhattacharya was sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal in the sixth Left Front government along with other 47 ministers. Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in May 2006 were as follows:
Cabinet ministers
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee - Chief Minister; Home (Police), Information and Cultural Affairs, Science and Technology
- Nirupam Sen - Industry, Public Undertakings & Industrial Reconstruction, Planning & Development
- Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra - Health & Family welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat
- Mohammed Amin - Labour
- Asim Dasgupta - Finance
- Subhas Chakraborty - Transport, Sports, Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners
- Mohammed Salim - Minorities Development & Welfare, Self-employment Scheme for the Urban Unemployed, Youth Services, Technical Education
- Kamal Guha - Agriculture
- Biswanath Chowdhury - Social Welfare, Jails
- Kiranmoy Nanda - Fisheries, Aquaculture, Aquatic Resources, Harbours
- Nandagopal Bhattacharjee - Small Irrigation, Water Investigation Development
- Prabodh Sinha - Parliamentary Affairs & Excise
- Kalimuddin Shams - Food & Supplies
- Amar Chaudhuri - Public Works
- Gautam Deb - Housing & Public Health and Engineering
- Kanti Biswas - School Education, Madrasah
- Naren De - Cooperation & Consumer Affairs
- Manabendra Mukherjee - Information Technology & Environment
- Ashok Bhattacharya - Municipal Affairs, Urban Development, Town and Country Planning
- Dinesh Dakua - Tourism
- Sailen Sarkar - Food Processing and Horticulture
- Satyasadhan Chakravarty - Higher Education
- Amarendralal Roy - Irrigation and Waterways
- Abdur Razzak Molla - Land and Land Reforms
- Mrinal Banerjee - Power
- Bansa Gopal Chowdhury - Cottage & Small Scale Industry
- Nisith Adhikary - Law and Judicial Department
- Upen Kisku - Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes Welfare
- Anisur Rahman - Animal Resources Development
- Jogesh Chandra Barman - Forests
- Nemai Mal - Library Services
- Nandarani Dal - Mass Education
- Chhaya Ghosh - Agriculture Marketing
- Hafiz Alam Sairani - Relief
Ministers of State
- Pratim Chatterjee - Fire Services
- Dhiren Sen - Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development
- Susanta Ghosh - Labour, Employment Exchange, Employees’ State Insurance (ESI)
- Dasrath Tirkey - Public Works
- Maheswar Murmu - Pashchimanchal Development and Forests
- Anju Kar - Municipal Affairs
- Bilasibala Sahis - Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and OBC
- Ganesh Chandra Mondal - Irrigation & Waterways
- Srikumar Mukherjee - Civil Defence
- Kanti Ganguly - Sunderbans Development Affairs
- Pratyush Mukherjee - Health & Family Welfare
- Narayan Biswas - Transport
- Nayan Sarkar - Refugee Rehabilitation
- Ibha Dey - School Education
See also
Notes
- I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.
References
- "48-member Left Front ministry takes oath in WB". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.