Swapan Dasgupta
Indian journalist and politician (born 1955)
Swapan Dasgupta
Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian politician, journalist, and former historian. He is one of the leading spokespersons of the Indian right-wing, notable for writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Hindu nationalism. He is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Finance of West Bengal. Since June 2026, he is the Finance Minister of the West Bengal Government and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly representing the Rashbehari Assembly constituency. He was twice a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, between April 2016 and March 2021, and June 2021 and April 2022. He resigned from the upper house to contest the Tarakeswar seat on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections. He lost to AITC's Ramendu Sinharay by a margin of 7,484 votes. In 2015, Dasgupta was conferred with the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to literature and education.
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