Asish Banerjee is an Indian

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representing

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, who was the minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture in the

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from 2017 to 2021. He is also

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. of

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, elected from

Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Rampurhat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 291, Rampurhat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ra ...

five times (terms

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Early life

Asish Banerjee was born in Rampurhat

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in West Bengal. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from

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. He also completed his

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at the same university. During this period he was elected General Secretary of University Students' Council.

Career

After completing his education at

, Banerjee was an

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at Rampurhat College under

MLA of Rampurhat

He was

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. from

in 2001 and subsequently re-elected from same constituency in 2006, 2011 and 2016. Banerjee was first time sworn in as a

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under

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in 2014 and allotted the independent charge of

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. The next year he was nominated for minister in charge for

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and Programme implementation,

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. In 2017, he took charge as the Agriculture Minister of

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in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021) from his predecessor Purnendo Bose.

References

* * https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/ministers * https://web.archive.org/web/20190606083438/http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/full-list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-in-the-new-west-bengal-government/ * https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/goal-to-promote-maize-in-bengal/cid/1720014 * https://zeenews.india.com/west-bengal/small-reshuffle-in-west-bengal-government-2040130.html

External links

West Bengal Legislative Assembly
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banerjee, Asish West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 Living people University of Burdwan alumni University of Burdwan faculty 1951 births