Pankaj Kumar Banerjee

Pankaj Kumar Banerjee was an Indian politician and marine engineer belonging to All India Trinamool Congress.^[1] He was elected as MLA of Tollygunge Vidhan Sabha Constituency in West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1972, 1996 and 2001.^[2][3][4] He served as Leader of the Opposition of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006.^[5][6]

Pankaj Kumar Banerjee
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal
In office 2001–2006
Deputy	Ambica Banerjee
Preceded by	Atish Chandra Sinha
Succeeded by	Partha Chatterjee
MLA of Tollyganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency
In office 1972–1977
Preceded by	Satyapriya Roy
Succeeded by	Prasanta Sur
In office 1996–2006
Preceded by	Prasanta Sur
Succeeded by	Aroop Biswas
Personal details
Born	27 July 1945
Died	26 October 2018 (aged 73)
Political party	West Bengal Trinamool Congress (1998-2006) Indian National Congress (1968-1998)
Spouse	Aparna Bandyapadhyay[1]
Children	1[1]
Alma mater	Dinabandhu Andrews College (B.Sc) B.E. in Marine Engineering

Bandyopadhyay was married to Aparna Bandyopadhyay. Pragga Bandyopadhyay is their only daughter.^[1]

Bandyopadhyay died on 26 October 2018 at the age of 73.^[7][8][9]