Manish Gupta (politician)

Manish Gupta is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an Member of the Legislative Assembly (India). In this election he historically defeated 16,684 votes his former boss, the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years. He served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal before he retired as an IAS officer. He also worked as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal under Chief Minister Jyoti Basu - a time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Deputy Chief Minister.

On 10 March 2017, Manish Gupta was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, after the seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of Mithun Chakraborty. He will serve the latter's remaining term till 3 April 2020.