Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia is an Indian politician from TMC. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sitai.^[1][2] He is currently serving as the Member of Parliament from Cooch Behar.^[3][4]

Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Nisith Pramanik
Constituency	Cooch Behar
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 19 May 2016 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Keshab Chandra Roy
Succeeded by	Sangita Roy
Constituency	Sitai
Personal details
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Residence(s)	Sitai Cooch Behar district, West Bengal
Alma mater	University of North Bengal
Profession	Politician

Career

Barma Basunia is from Sitai, Cooch Behar district. His father's name is Kalipada Barma Basunia.^[5] He passed BA from North Bengal University in 1983 and B.P.Ed. from Amaravati University in 1988.^[6] He was elected as Pradhan from All India Forward Bloc. He joined AITC in 2011. He was elected as the President of Sitai Panchayat Samiti in 2013. He contested 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Sitai Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 2 May 2021.^[7][8]