Mihir Goswami is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2001 and 2016–2021, from the Cooch Behar Dakshin constituency. He was the chairman of NBSTC (North Bengal State Transport Corporation).[1][2] He was a member of Trinamool Congress party until 2020, when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He currently represents the Natabari.

Mihir Goswami
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal
Assumed office
10 May 2021
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar (2021-22)
La. Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose (2022-Present)
LeaderSuvendu Adhikari
Preceded byNepal Mahata
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byRabindra Nath Ghosh
ConstituencyNatabari
In office
1996–2001, 2016 – 2021
Preceded byAkshay Thakur
Succeeded byNikhil Ranjan Dey
ConstituencyCooch Behar Dakshin
Personal details
Born (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 70)
Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
Trinamool Congress (1998–2020)
Indian National Congress (1984–1998)
OccupationPolitician

Political career

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He was District Youth Congress President in undivided Congress (When Mamata Banerjee State Youth Congress President). He won the Cooch Behar Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) seat in 1996 as an Indian National Congress candidate. Later, he joined the Trinamool Congress in 1998. Later, he won the same seat again in the 2016 (Cooch Behar Dakshin) West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[3]

He resigned from the TMC and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 27 November 2020, having resigned his offices on 31 October.[4] He was elected from the Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election as a BJP candidate.

References

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  1. ^ "West Bengal 2016 MIHIR GOSWAMI (Winner) COOCHBEHAR DAKSHIN (COOCHBEHAR)". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Trinamool MLA Mihir Goswami Joins BJP Hours After Announcing Resignation".
  3. ^ "Winner and Runner up Candidate in Cooch-behar-dakshin assembly constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Trinamool MLA Mihir Goswami resigns from party, joins BJP". The Hindu. 27 November 2020.
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