Second Bhattacharjee ministry

Second Bhattacharjee ministry

17th Ministry of West Bengal
2001—2006
Date formed15 May 2001
Date dissolved17 May 2006
People and organisations
Governor
Viren J. Shah Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
No. of ministers
Member party
 Left Front
Status in legislature
Majority
Opposition party
 All India Trinamool Congress
Opposition leader
Pankaj Kumar Banerjee
History
Election2001
Outgoing election
2006
Legislature term13th Assembly
PredecessorFirst Bhattacharjee ministry
SuccessorThird 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.[1] Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in May 2006 were as follows:

Council of Ministers

Name Office Portfolio Took Office Left Office Party
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Chief Minister Home (Police); Information and Cultural Affairs; Science and Technology 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Nirupam Sen Cabinet Minister Industry; Public Undertakings & Industrial Reconstruction; Planning & Development 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra Cabinet Minister Health & Family welfare; Rural Development; Panchayat 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Mohammed Amin Cabinet Minister Labour 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Asim Dasgupta Cabinet Minister Finance 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Subhas Chakraborty Cabinet Minister Transport; Sports; Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Mohammed Salim Cabinet Minister Minorities Development & Welfare; Self-employment Scheme for the Urban Unemployed; Youth Services; Technical Education 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Kamal Guha Cabinet Minister Agriculture 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Biswanath Chowdhury Cabinet Minister Social Welfare; Jails 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Kiranmoy Nanda Cabinet Minister Fisheries; Aquaculture; Aquatic Resources; Harbours 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Nandagopal Bhattacharjee Cabinet Minister Small Irrigation; Water Investigation Development 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Prabodh Sinha Cabinet Minister Parliamentary Affairs & Excise 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Kalimuddin Shams Cabinet Minister Food & Supplies 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Amar Chaudhuri Cabinet Minister Public Works 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Gautam Deb Cabinet Minister Housing; Public Health and Engineering 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Kanti Biswas Cabinet Minister School Education; Madrasah 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Naren De Cabinet Minister Cooperation & Consumer Affairs 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Manabendra Mukherjee Cabinet Minister Information Technology & Environment 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Ashok Bhattacharya Cabinet Minister Municipal Affairs; Urban Development; Town and Country Planning 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Dinesh Chandra Dakua Cabinet Minister Tourism 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Sailen Sarkar Cabinet Minister Food Processing and Horticulture 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Satyasadhan Chakravarty Cabinet Minister Higher Education 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Amarendralal Roy Cabinet Minister Irrigation and Waterways 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Abdur Razzak Molla Cabinet Minister Land and Land Reforms 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Mrinal Banerjee Cabinet Minister Power 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Cabinet Minister Cottage & Small Scale Industry 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Nisith Adhikary Cabinet Minister Law and Judicial Department 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Upen Kisku Cabinet Minister Scheduled Castes; Scheduled Tribes; Other Backward Classes Welfare 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Anisur Rahman Cabinet Minister Animal Resources Development 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Jogesh Chandra Barman Cabinet Minister Forests 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Nemai Mal Cabinet Minister Library Services 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Nandarani Dal Cabinet Minister Mass Education 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Chhaya Ghosh Cabinet Minister Agriculture Marketing 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Hafiz Alam Sairani Cabinet Minister Relief 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Pratim Chatterjee Minister of State Fire Services 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Dhiren Sen Minister of State Land and Land Reforms; Panchayats and Rural Development 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Susanta Ghosh Minister of State Labour; Employment Exchange; Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Dasrath Tirkey Minister of State Public Works 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Maheswar Murmu Minister of State Pashchimanchal Development; Forests 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Anju Kar Minister of State Municipal Affairs 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Bilasibala Sahis Minister of State Scheduled Castes; Scheduled Tribes; OBC 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Ganesh Chandra Mondal Minister of State Irrigation & Waterways 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Srikumar Mukherjee Minister of State Civil Defence 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Kanti Ganguly Minister of State Sunderbans Development Affairs 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Pratyush Mukherjee Minister of State Health & Family Welfare 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Narayan Biswas Minister of State Transport 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Nayan Sarkar Minister of State Refugee Rehabilitation 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front
Ibha Dey Minister of State School Education 15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Left Front

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.

References

  1. ↑ "48-member Left Front ministry takes oath in WB". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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