Hiten Barman
Hiten Barman | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2004-2009 | |
| Preceded by | Amar Roy Pradhan |
| Succeeded by | Nripendra Nath Roy |
| Constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2011–2021 | |
| Succeeded by | Baren Chandra Barman |
| Constituency | Sitalkuchi |
| Forest Minister | |
| In office 2011-2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1950 Gopalpur, District: Cooch Behar |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress (2009 – present) All India Forward Bloc (1972-2009) |
| Spouse | Kalpana Barman |
| Children | Two sons (Tapan Barman and Piyush Barman) |
| Residence(s) | Amlapara, Ward No. 6, P.O. Mathabhanga, District: Cooch Behar |
Hiten Barman is an Indian politician, who was earlier with All India Forward Bloc and later joined All India Trinamool Congress in the Indian state West Bengal.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Hiten Barman, son of Maneswar and Rajabala Barman, was born on 21 June 1950 at Gopalpur in Cooch Behar district.[2]
Educated at Mathabhanga High School, he passed Higher Secondary and Junior Basic Training, and became a teacher.[2]
He married Kalpana in 1983 and they have two sons.[2]
Political career
[edit | edit source]He entered politics at a young age in 1972, when he was studying at Ananda Chandra College in Jalpaiguri. Initially involved in student politics, he subsequently joined the Forward Bloc. Hailing from a peasant family he emerged as the saha-sabhapati of Mathabhanga Panchayat Samiti. In the 1996 Lok Sabha election, he contested as a candidate of the Forward Bloc (Socialist) led by Kamal Guha. He faced defeat then but was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from the Cooch Behar seat as a Forward Bloc candidate.[3][4]
In 2009, the Forward Bloc refused to renominate their sitting MP. This aggrieved him and he left the party and later joined the Trinamool Congress.[3][5] In 2011, he was elected to the state assembly on a Trinamool Congress ticket from the Sitalkuchi (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[6] He was made the Forest Minister in 2011 but was dropped in a reshuffle in 2013.[3][7][8]
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