Mrinal Banerjee

Politician

1938 – 2010

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Who was Mrinal Banerjee?

Mrinal Banerjee was Power Minister in the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal.

He had joined politics as an employee of Durgapur Steel Plant. In spite of his qualifying as an associate member of the Institute of Engineers, he preferred to remain a worker and serve the trade union. He was general secretary of the Steel Workers Federation of India and secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. In 1996, Jyoti Basu inducted him into the state cabinet as Minister for Industrial Reconstruction and State Public Undertakings.

He was elected on a CPI ticket from the Durgapur I assembly constituency in 1996, 2001 and 2006.

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Born
1938
India
Nationality
  • India
Died
Feb 3, 2010
Dhakuria

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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