In an exclusive conversation with The Statesman, Bengal Minister of State Kalita Maji strongly refuting the idea that a strong political career can lead to economic wealth.
"Many people were beaten, forced to flee their homes, and had their properties vandalised," Bengal Minister of State Kalita Maji said in an exclusive interview with The Statesman.
West Bengal’s new BJP government has started its innings with promise, generating huge expectations.
The Minister informed that a “comprehensive screening and weeding-out process” is being carried out across all the subdivisions and blocks in Bengal.
A police-officer-turned politician, Asim Arun is currently the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Social Welfare and SC/ST Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath ministry.
RJD principal general secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui, a close associate of party supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, is the most prominent Muslim face of the Opposition-led INDIA bloc in Bihar.
I IT-Ropar director Professor Rajeev Ahuja is one of the most highly cited researchers as well as one of the top materials scientists in Sweden and India. He is a Professor of Computational Materials Science primarily researching batteries, hydrogen storage and production, sensors, and high-pressure physics.
Uttar Pradesh Excise Minister Nitin Agarwal, who stepped into his father’s shoes by entering state politics, is among the younger ministers in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet.
Susmita Sengupta is a senior programme manager with the Water Programme at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy group.
Senior Congress leader Shobha Oza was inspired by the personality of late prime minister Indira Gandhi from an early age, which led her to choose politics as her calling in life.
