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Fifth Basu ministry | |
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| 15th Ministry of West Bengal | |
| 1996-2000 | |
| Date formed | 16 May 1996 |
| Date dissolved | 4 November 2000 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
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| Chief Minister | Jyoti Basu |
| Member party | Left Front |
| Status in legislature | Majority 203 / 294 (69%) |
| Opposition party | Indian National Congress |
| Opposition leader | Atish Chandra Sinha |
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| Election(s) | 1996 |
| Outgoing election | 2001 |
| Legislature term(s) | 12th Assembly |
| Predecessor | Fourth Basu ministry |
| Successor | First Bhattacharjee ministry |
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Jyoti Basu was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in the fifth Left Front government along with other 46 ministers on 16 May 1996.[1] On 4th November 2000, Basu resigned due to poor health and old age and a new ministry under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was sworn in on 5 November 2000.[2][3] Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in May 1996 were as follows:
Cabinet ministers edit
1. Jyoti Basu- Chief Minister- Home (Excluding Police), Hill Affairs
2. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee- Deputy Chief Minister- Home (Police), Information and Cultural Affairs
3. Subhas Chakraborty- Sports, Transport
4. Asim Dasgupta- Finance, Development and Planning, Excise, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Urban)
5. Mohammed Amin- Employment Exchange, Minority Development and Welfare, Wakf and Urdu Academy and Haj
6. Dr. Surjya Kanta Mishra- Land and Land Reforms, Panchayats and Rural Development
7. Kiranmay Nanda- Fisheries
8. Satyaranjan Mahata- Relief
9. Gautam Deb- Housing, Public Health Engineering
10. Partha De- Health and Family Welfare
11. Santi Ranjan Ghatak- Labour
12. Abdur Razzak Molla- Food Processing Industries, Horticulture, Sundarban Affairs
13. Kshiti Goswami- Public Works
14. Kanti Biswas- School Education, Madrasah Education, Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation
15. Kalimuddin Shams- Food and Supplies
16. Ashok Bhattacharya- Urban Development, Municipal Affairs, Town and Country Planning, Hooghly River Bridge Commission
17. Anisur Rahman- Animal Resources Development
18. Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee- Water Resources Investigation and Development
19. Mrinal Banerjee- Power, Industrial Reconstruction, Public Undertakings, Science and Technology
20. Chhaya Bera- Employees State Insurance, Employment Exchange, Self Employment Genaration Programme (Rural)
21. Birendra Kumar Moitra- Agricultural Marketing
22. Bhakti Bhusan Mandal- Co-operation
23. Dinesh Chandra Dakua- Backward Classes Welfare
24. Pralay Talukdar- Cottage and Small Scale Industries
25. Prof. Prabodh Chandra Sinha- Parliamentary Affairs
26. Biswanath Choudhury- Jails, Social Welfare
27. Debabrata Bandapadhyay- Irrigation and Waterways
28. Manabendra Mukherjee- Environment, Tourism, Youth Services
29. Naren Dey- Agriculrure, Consumer Affairs
30. Satya Sadhan Chakraborty- Higher Education
31. Bidyut Ganguly- Commerce and Industries
32. Dr. Sankar Sen- Power, Science and Technology
33. Jogesh Chandra Barman- Forests
34. Nisith Adhikary- Judicial, Law
Ministers of State edit
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 edit
Notes edit
- ^ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.
References edit
- ^ "- West Bengal Legislative Assembly". www.wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "END OF AN ERA". Frontline. 10 November 2000.
- ^ "rediff.com: Bhattacharya sworn-in as Bengal seventh CM". m.rediff.com.