Gautam Deb is an India

India

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n politician

Politician

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. In the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 led Left Front government of West Bengal

West Bengal

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 he served as the Housing Minister. He was a MLA, elected from Hasnabad

Hasnabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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 constituency defeating Rafiqul Islam Mondal of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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 in 2006 and 2001, and of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996, Anath Bandhu Mitra of Congress in 1991 and Ananta Roy of Congress in 1987.

In the 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal

State Assembly elections in India, 2011

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 he filed his candidature from Dum Dum

Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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 where he was defeated by Bratya Basu

Bratya Basu

Bratya Basu is a Bengali professor, dramatist, director, actor and a politician. Basu is currently the West Bengal's minister for higher education. He was elected a MLA, from the Dum Dum constituency in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal.-Early life:Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to noted...

, the Bangla dramatist, director and actor who was a newcomer in politics. He was one of the 26 ministers who lost in this historic defeat of Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 led Left Front

Left Front

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government.