First Bhattacharjee ministry
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First Bhattacharjee ministry | |
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| 9th Ministry of West Bengal | |
| 2000-2001 | |
| Date formed | 5 November 2000 |
| Date dissolved | 10 May 2001 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | Viren J. Shah
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| Chief Minister | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Member party | Left Front |
| Status in legislature | Majority 203 / 294 (69%) |
| Opposition party | Indian National Congress |
| Opposition leader | Atish Chandra Sinha |
| History | |
| Election | 1996 |
| Outgoing election | 2001 |
| Legislature term | 12th Assembly |
| Predecessor | Fifth Basu ministry |
| Successor | Second Bhattacharjee ministry |
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Buddhadev Bhattacharya was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in the fifth Left Front government along with other 45 ministers on 5 November 2000.[1][2] Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in November 2000 were as follows:
Cabinet ministers
1. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee- Chief Minister- Home, Hill Affairs, Information and Cultural Affairs 2. Subhas Chakraborty- Sports, Transport 3. Asim Dasgupta- Finance, Development and Planning, Excise, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Urban) 4. Mohammed Amin- Employment Exchange, Minority Development and Welfare, Wakf and Urdu Academy and Haj 5. Dr. Surjya Kanta Mishra- Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development 6. Kiranmay Nanda- Fisheries 7. Satyaranjan Mahata- Relief 8. Gautam Deb- Housing, Public Health Engineering 9. Partha De- Health and Family Welfare 10. Santi Ranjan Ghatak- Labour 11. Abdur Razzak Molla- Food Processing Industries, Horticulture, Sundarban Affairs 12. Kshiti Goswami- Public Works 13. Kanti Biswas- School Education, Madrasah Education, Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation 14. Kalimuddin Shams- Food and Supplies 15. Ashok Bhattacharya- Urban Development, Municipal Affairs, Town and Country Planning, Hooghly River Bridge Commission 16. Anisur Rahman- Animal Resources Development 17. Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee- Water Resources Investigation and Development 18. Mrinal Banerjee- Power, Industrial Reconstruction, Public Undertakings, Science and Technology 19. Chhaya Bera- Employees State Insurance, Employment Exchange, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Rural) 20. Birendra Kumar Moitra- Agricultural Marketing 21. Bhakti Bhusan Mandal- Co-operation 22. Dinesh Chandra Dakua- Backward Classes Welfare 23. Pralay Talukdar- Cottage and Small Scale Industries 24. Prof. Prabodh Chandra Sinha- Parliamentary Affairs 25. Biswanath Chowdhury- Jails, Social Welfare 26. Debabrata Bandapadhyay- Irrigation and Waterways 27. Manabendra Mukherjee- Environment, Tourism, Youth Services 28. Naren Dey- Agriculrure, Consumer Affairs 29. Satya Sadhan Chakraborty- Higher Education 30. Bidyut Ganguly- Commerce and Industries 31. Dr. Sankar Sen- Power, Science and Technology 32. Jogesh Chandra Barman- Forests 33. Nisith Adhikary- Judicial, Law
Ministers of State
1. Manohar Tirkey- Public Works 2. Upen Kisku- Backward Classes Welfare 3. Kamalendu Sanyal- Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development 4. Bilasi Bala Sahis- Forests 5. Srikumar Mukherjee- Civil Defence 6. Pratim Chatterjee- Fire Services 7. Nimai Mal- Library Services 8. Susanta Ghosh- Transport 9. Dhiren Sen- Excise 10. Ganesh Chandra Mondal- Irrigation and Waterways 11. Maheswar Murmu- Special Tribal Areas Development including Jhargram Affairs 12. Anju Kar- Mass Education Extension 13. Minati Ghosh- Health and Family Welfare
See also
Notes
- ↑ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.
References
- ↑ "- West Bengal Legislative Assembly". www.wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ↑ "rediff.com: Bhattacharya sworn-in as Bengal seventh CM". m.rediff.com.