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Subodh Banarjee
PWD Minister of West Bengal (1967), Labour Minister of West Bengal (1969), MLA (1952-1974)
ConstituencyKultali, Joynagar
Personal details
Born1918
Died16th September 1974
Kolkata
Political partySocialist Unity Centre of India

Subodh Banarjee (1918-16th September, 1974; 56)[1] was an Indian politician, belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India. He introduced the Gherao principle as a formal mode of protest in the trade union sector of India while being the Labor Minister in the 1969 United Front Government in West Bengal[2], [3], [4]. He was the PWD minister in the 1967 United Front Government of West Bengal. He was called the Gherao minister[2] and was recognized both by his friends and detractors as a 'scrupulously honest minister and a firebrand labour leader with incendiary oratorical skill'[3].

He was a member of the Central Committee of the party and the first MLA of SUCI[5].

He represented the Joynagar assembly constituency of West Bengal.

References

  1. ^ Proceedings of the Winter Session of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly held at 9 a. m. on Friday, the 6th December, 1974 in the Assembly Chambers, Shillong
  2. ^ a b West Bengal's Jyothi Basu - A political people, Page 27
  3. ^ a b A Defiant Rebel
  4. ^ Populist Governance
  5. ^ How much do you know about SUCI
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