Surjya Kanta Mishra

Surjya Kanta Mishra
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2011
Preceded by	Partha Chatterjee
MLA
Incumbent
Assumed office 1982
Preceded by	Bibhuti Bhusan De
Constituency	Narayangarh
Minister for Health, Biotechnology, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development
In office 16 May 1996 – 13 May 2011
Governor	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Shyamal Kumar Sen Viren J. Shah Gopalkrishna Gandhi Devanand Konwar M.K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Prasanta Chandra Sur
Succeeded by	Subrata Mukherjee
Personal details
Born	18 April 1949 Narayangarh, Medinipur, West Bengal
Nationality	Indian
Political party	CPI(M)
Spouse(s)	Smt. Usha Mishra
Residence	Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal
Alma mater	SCB Medical College (MBBS) Midnapore College (B.Sc.)
Profession	Politician, social worker, Doctor

Surjya Kanta Mishra is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the Left Front governments of West Bengal^[1][2] and is the secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee. After the 2011 assembly election he was elected as Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in May 2011.^[1] He was inducted into the politburo of the CPI(M) following the death of veteran leader M.K. Pandhe in 2011.^[3][4] In 2015, he was elected as the state secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, succeeding Biman Bose.

References

1. The Hindu. Surjya Kanta Mishra elected Leader of the Opposition
2. Chaturvedi, Pradeep. Food Security and Panchayati Raj. New Delhi: Published for Indian Association for the Advancement of Science and Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations by Concept Pub. Co, 1997. p. 289
3. The Telegraph. Rising sun in CPM’s cloudy sky
4. tripurainfo.com. Surja Kanta predicts 7th Left Front government