Third Banerjee ministry
Appearance
Third Banerjee ministry | |
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21st Ministry of West Bengal | |
2021—present | |
![]() Cabinet oath on 10 May 2021 at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata. | |
Date formed | 10 May 2021 |
People and organisations | |
Governor | Jagdeep Dhankhar (until 2022) C. V. Ananda Bose (incumbent) |
Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Chief Minister's history | 2011 — present |
No. of ministers |
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Ministers removed | 2 death 4 resigned |
Total no. of members | Currently 40 members[a] |
Member party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Status in legislature | Majority 220 / 294 (75%) |
Opposition party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Opposition leader | Suvendu Adhikari |
History | |
Election | 2021 |
Outgoing election | 2016 |
Legislature term | 17th West Bengal Assembly (2021 onwards) |
Predecessor | Second Banerjee ministry |
The 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal was formed under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee. She was sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5 May 2021. The remaining council of ministers was sworn in on 10 May 2021.[1][2][3][4]
Constitutional requirement
For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor
According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,
- There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.
- If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
- The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.
This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.
For other provisions as to Ministers
According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution,
- The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.- The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
- Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
- A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
- The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.
Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers
S.No | Name[3] | Portrait | Constituency | Assumed office[4] | Department | Party | |
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1 | Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister) |
Bhabanipur | 5 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
Cabinet Ministers | |||||||
2 | Jyotipriya Mallick | Habra | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
3 | Bankim Chandra Hazra | Sagar | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
4 | Manas Bhunia | Sabang | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
5 | Snehasis Chakraborty | Jangipara | 3 August 2022 | AITC | |||
6 | Moloy Ghatak | Asansol Uttar | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
7 | Aroop Biswas | ![]() |
Tollyganj | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | |
8 | Ujjal Biswas | Krishnanagar Dakshin | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
9 | Arup Roy | Howrah Madhya | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
10 | Rathin Ghosh | Madhyamgram | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
11 | Firhad Hakim | ![]() |
Kolkata Port | 10 May 2021 | AITC | ||
12 | Chandranath Sinha | Bolpur | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
13 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Khardaha | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
14 | Bratya Basu | ![]() |
Dum Dum | 10 May 2021 | AITC | ||
15 | Pulak Roy | Uluberia Dakshin | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
16 | Shashi Panja | Shyampukur | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
18 | Biplab Mitra | Harirampur | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
19 | Javed Ahmed Khan | Kasba | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
20 | Swapan Debnath | Purbasthali Dakshin | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
21 | Siddiqullah Chowdhury | ![]() |
Manteswar | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | |
22 | Udayan Guha | Dinhata | 3 August 2022 | AITC | |||
23 | Babul Supriyo | Ballygunge | 3 August 2022 | AITC | |||
24 | Pradip Mazumdar | Durgapur Purba | 03 August 2022 |
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AITC | ||
25 | Partha Bhowmick | Naihati | 3 August 2022 |
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AITC | ||
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | |||||||
26 | Becharam Manna | ![]() |
Singur | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | |
27 | Subrata Saha | Sagardighi | 10 May 2021 |
|
AITC | ||
28 | Akhil Giri | Ramnagar | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
29 | Chandrima Bhattacharya | Dum Dum Uttar | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
30 | Sandhya Rani Tudu | Manbazar | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
31 | Bulu Chik Baraik | Mal | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
32 | Sujit Bose | Bidhannagar | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
33 | Indranil Sen | Chandannagar | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
Ministers Of State | |||||||
34 | Dilip Mondal | Bishnupur | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
35 | Akhruzzaman | Raghunathganj | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
36 | Seuli Saha | Keshpur | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
37 | Tajmul Hossain | Harishchandrapur | 02 August 2022 |
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AITC | ||
38 | Sabina Yeasmin | ![]() |
Mothabari | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | |
39 | Birbaha Hansda | Jhargram | 10 May 2021 | AITC | |||
40 | Jyotsna Mandi | Ranibandh | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC | ||
41 | Satyajit Barman | Hemtabad | 10 August 2022 | AITC | |||
42 | Manoj Tiwary | ![]() |
Shibpur | 10 May 2021 |
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AITC |
District Wise
Representation of cabinet ministers by district
Bakura (2.43%)
Birbhum (2.43%)
Cooch Behar (2.43%)
Dakshin Dinajpur (2.43%)
Hooghly (7.31%)
Howrah (7.31%)
Jalpaiguri (2.43%)
Jhargram (2.43%)
Kolkata (7.31%)
Malda (2.43%)
Murshidabad (4.87%)
Nadia (2.43%)
North 24 Parganas (14.63%)
Paschim Bardhaman (2.43%)
Paschim Medinipur (9.75%)
Purba Bardhaman (4.87%)
Purba Medinipur (4.87%)
Purulia (2.43%)
South 24 Parganas (12.19%)
Uttar Dinajpur (2.43%)
Former Ministers
S.No | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Assumed office | Left office | Department served | Party | |
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1 | Subrata Mukherjee | Ballygunge | 10 May 2021 | 4 November 2021 |
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AITC | ||
2 | Amit Mitra | No constituency | 10 May 2021 | 9 November 2021 |
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AITC | ||
3 | Sadhan Pande | Maniktala | 10 May 2021 | 9 November 2021 |
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AITC | ||
4 | Partha Chatterjee | ![]() |
Behala Paschim | 10 May 2021 | 28 July 2022 | AITC | ||
5 | Ratna De (Nag) | Pandua | 10 May 2021 | 3 August 2022 |
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AITC | ||
6 | Humayun Kabir | Debra | 10 May 2021 | 3 August 2022 |
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AITC | ||
7 | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | Mekliganj | 10 May 2021 | 3 August 2022 | AITC | |||
17 | Md. Ghulam Rabbani | Goalpokhar | 10 May 2021 | 27 March 2023 | AITC |
Notes
References
- ^ "West Bengal Election Results 2021 Highlights: TMC headed for 3rd term; Mamata loses Nandigram race to Suvendu". The Indian Express. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "West Bengal Election Result 2021: Mamata Banerjee takes oath as Bengal CM for third time". The Financial Express. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b Anupam Mishra Suryagni Roy (9 May 2021). "43 TMC leaders, including 17 new faces, to be sworn in as ministers in West Bengal cabinet on Monday". India Today. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Mamata's list of ministers features 17 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari". The Indian Express. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.