Soumen Mahapatra is an Indian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and the current Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and previously served as the Minister for Water Resources Investigation & Development in the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

. He is also an MLA, elected from the

Tamluk Tamluk () is a town and a municipality in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present ...

constituency in

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and

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Pingla Pingla is a village in the Pingla CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Pingla is located at . Area overview Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the ...

constituency in

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and Nandanpur constituency in

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West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

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election.

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State cabinet ministers of West Bengal Living people West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 1958 births West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal {{WestBengal-politician-stub