Subhas Naskar | |
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2011 |
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Preceded by | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury |
Succeeded by | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty |
MLA | |
In office 1982–2016 |
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Preceded by | Kalipada Burman |
Succeeded by | Gobinda Chandra Naskar |
Constituency | Basanti |
Minister for Irrigation & Waterways | |
In office 1991–2011 |
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Governor |
Viren J. Shah Gopalkrishna Gandhi M.K. Narayanan |
Succeeded by | Rajib Banerjee |
Personal details | |
Born |
Basanti, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
1 May 1952
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | RSP |
Residence | Vill & PO Kumrakhali, Basanti |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A.) |
Profession | Politician, Teacher, social worker |
Subhas Naskar is an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Socialist Party. He served as Irrigation Minister in the Left Front government of West Bengal. He has won the Basanti Legislative Assembly seat in the 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 elections. After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Subhas Naskar’s ancestral house at Basanti was attacked during panchayat elections in 2008 and a bomb was allegedly thrown by CPI(M) supporters, fatally injuring his nephew’s wife.
The son of the late Prajapati Naskar, he is a graduate and a former school teacher.