First Bhattacharjee ministry

First Bhattacharjee ministry

16th Ministry of West Bengal
2000-2001
Date formed6 November 2000
Date dissolved14 May 2001
People and organisations
GovernorViren J. Shah
Chief MinisterBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Member party Left Front
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition party Indian National Congress
Opposition leaderAtish Chandra Sinha
History
Election1996
Outgoing election2001
Legislature term12th Assembly
PredecessorFifth Jyoti 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]

List of Ministers

Members of the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal as in November 2000 were as follows:

Council of Ministers
No. Name Portfolio
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 Generation 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 Generation 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 Agriculture, 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

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

References

  1. ^ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly". West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  2. ^ "rediff.com: Bhattacharya sworn-in as Bengal seventh CM". m.rediff.com.
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