Sukanta Majumdar

Indian politician and botanist (born 1979)

Sukanta Majumdar

সুকান্ত মজুমদার

Majumdar in August 2022

Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India

Incumbent

Assumed office
11 June 2024
serving with Jayant Chaudhary
Prime Minister| Narendra Modi
Minister| Dharmendra Pradhan
Preceded by| Subhash Sarkar
3rd Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India

Incumbent

Assumed office
11 June 2024
Prime Minister| Narendra Modi
Minister| Jyotiraditya Scindia
Preceded by| B.L. Verma
10th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal

Incumbent

Assumed office
20 September 2021
Preceded by| Dilip Ghosh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office
19 June 2019
Preceded by| Arpita Ghosh
Constituency| Balurghat
Majority| 10,386
Personal details
Born|  (1979-12-29) 29 December 1979 (age 45)
Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India
Political party| Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse|

Koyel Chowdhury

(m. 2008)​

Children| 2
Education| M.Sc., B.Ed., Ph.D. (Botany)
Alma mater| University of North Bengal
Occupation| Politician
Profession| Teaching
Signature|

As of May, 2019

Source: [1]

Sukanta Majumdar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the parliament of India from Balurghat, West Bengal in the 2024 Indian general election. He served the 10th state president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal. He has done his PhD in Botany from the University of North Bengal.[1][2][3] He took the charge of president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal from 20 September 2021.[4][5]

## See also

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* Third Modi ministry

## References

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1. ^ "Balurghat Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Dr. Sukanta Majumdar of BJP Wins". News 18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
2. ^ "Balurghat Election Result 2019: BJP's Sukanta Majumdar defeats TMC MP Arpita Ghosh, wins by 33,293 votes". Times Now. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. ^ "Telling Numbers: 30% of MPs under age 40 are postgrads, including 2 doctorates". The Indian Express. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. ^ "BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar replaces Dilip Ghosh as party's Bengal president". Hindustan Times. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
5. ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (20 September 2021). "Sukanta Majumdar replaces Dilip Ghosh as West Bengal BJP president". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

## External links

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* Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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