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First Bhattacharjee ministry

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First Bhattacharjee ministry
9th Ministry of West Bengal
2000-2001
Date formed5 November 2000
Date dissolved10 May 2001
People and organisations
GovernorViren J. Shah
Chief MinisterBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Member party  Left Front
Status in legislatureMajority
203 / 294 (69%)
Opposition party  Indian National Congress
Opposition leaderAtish Chandra Sinha
History
Election1996
Outgoing election2001
Legislature term12th Assembly
PredecessorFifth Basu ministry
SuccessorSecond Bhattacharjee ministry

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

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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

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ I/C stands for independent charge. It means that a minister can hold portfolios independently in a junior rank.

References

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  1. ^ "- West Bengal Legislative Assembly". www.wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ "rediff.com: Bhattacharya sworn-in as Bengal seventh CM". m.rediff.com.