Mrinal Banerjee

Mrinal Banerjee
Minister for Power & Labour
In office 1996–2010
Constituency	Durgapur I
MLA
In office 1996–2010
Preceded by	Dilip Mazumder
Succeeded by	Archana Bhattacharya
Personal details
Born	10 January 1938
Died	3 February 2010 (aged 72) Dhakuria, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	CPI(M)

Mrinal Banerjee (1938 – 3 February 2010) 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.^[1][2]

He was elected on a CPI(M) ticket from the Durgapur I assembly constituency in 1996, 2001 and 2006.^[3]

References

1. "West Bengal Minister Mrinal Banerjee dead". The Hindu, 4 February 2010 (Chennai, India). 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
2. "Mrinal Banerjee loses battle with cancer". The Times of India, 4 February 2010. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
3. "264 – Durgapur I Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-04.