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 |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (2011 – present) All India Forward Bloc (1972-2010) |
| 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
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
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]
References
- ^ "Hiten Barman". Digital Sansad. 3 July 2025. Archived from the original on 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Members of Parliament – Lok Sabha – Profile". Barman, Hiten. reFocusindia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Making of a Minister". Cooch Behar Calling, 20 May 2011. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "CM appeals to left to join Trinamool". The Telegraph, 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Performance check – Mamata Banerjee strips Partha of industry". The Financial Express, 27 December 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Forest minister Hiten Barman has decided to use rubber bullets to prevent poaching". The Times of India. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2025.