Sukanta Majumdar

Sukanta Majumdar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the parliament of India from Balurghat,^[1] West Bengal in the 2024 Indian general election. He served the 10th state president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal. He has done his PhD in Botany from the University of North Bengal.^[2][3][4] From 20 September 2021 to July 2025, he served as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.^[5][6]

Sukanta Majumdar
Majumdar in August 2022
Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024 serving with Jayant Chaudhary
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Dharmendra Pradhan
Preceded by	Subhash Sarkar
3rd Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Preceded by	B.L. Verma
10th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
In office 20 September 2021 – 2 July 2025
Preceded by	Dilip Ghosh
Succeeded by	Samik Bhattacharya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 June 2019
Preceded by	Arpita Ghosh
Constituency	Balurghat
Majority	10,386
Personal details
Born	(1979-12-29) 29 December 1979 (age 45) Balurghat, West Bengal, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Koyel Chowdhury ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Education	M.Sc., B.Ed., Ph.D. (Botany)
Alma mater	University of North Bengal
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teaching
Signature
As of May, 2019 Source:

Criminal case

He is facing a criminal case under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, which relates to attempt to murder.^[7]

See also

• Third Modi ministry