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Indian politician

Subhas Naskar
Minister for Irrigation & Waterways
In office
2005–2011
GovernorViren J. Shah
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
M.K. Narayanan
Preceded byAmarendralal Roy
Succeeded byManas Bhunia
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal
In office
13 May 2011 – 19 May 2016
LeaderSurjya Kanta Mishra
Preceded byAbu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Succeeded byDr. Sujan Chakraborty
MLA
In office
1982–2016
Preceded byKalipada Burman
Succeeded byGobinda Chandra Naskar
ConstituencyBasanti
Personal details
Born (1952-01-13) 13 January 1952 (age 72)
Basanti, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
NationalityIndian
Political partyRSP
Residence(s)Vill & PO Kumrakhali, Basanti
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (B.A.)
ProfessionPolitician, Teacher, social worker

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. He has won the Basanti Legislative Assembly seat in the 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 elections. After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

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.

The son of the late Prajapati Naskar, he is a graduate and a former school teacher.

References

  1. ^ The Hindu. Surjya Kanta Mishra elected Leader of the Opposition
  2. "101 - Basanti (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  3. "Basu unity fear echoes in blast". The Telegraph, 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. "Why Bengal politics are so bloody". BBC News 20 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. "Subhas Naskar". My Neta. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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