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First 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:

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

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.


 

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