Subrata Bakshi (born 23 July 1950) is an Indian

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who currently serves as

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from

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. He is the General Secretary of

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and State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress. He was the Minister for Public Works and the Minister for Transport in the

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in 2011. He was also an MLA, elected from the Bhabanipur constituency in the

2011 West Bengal state assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 ...

.All the Didi's men
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Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 20 ...

resigned to become a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was elected on 10 December 2011 with a margin of 2,30,999 votes, and re-elected in 2014.

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