Via PTI
KOLKATA: Babul Supriyo, who was once on Wednesday sworn in as a minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cupboard, has had a roller-coaster journey, from being a well-liked playback singer to BJP’s poster boy in West Bengal to becoming a member of the TMC govt.
Supriyo began off as a town banker who rose to be a BJP minister on the Centre after an opportunity assembly with yoga guru Ramdev, however all at once discovered himself out within the chilly after dropping an meeting election from Tollygunge ultimate 12 months by way of an enormous margin of fifty,000 votes.
Alternatively, Supriyo bounced again to win the celebrated Ballygunge constituency in April for his new birthday party the Trinamool Congress which he joined in September 2021 in a wonder transfer.
Born in West Bengal’s Uttarpara as Supriya Baral in 1970, he modified his title to Babul Supriyo whilst attempting his success as a Bollywood singer after quitting his banking activity.
After a a hit stint as a Hindi playback singer, Supriyo entered politics in 2014, getting a price ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections for the BJP from West Bengal on Ramdev’s advice.
He stunned everybody by way of defeating TMC’s Dola Sen from the commercial the town of Asansol and was once made the Union Minister of State for City Construction.
Two years later, he was once shifted to the Ministry for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises all through a reshuffle in July 2016.
In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Supriyo’s successful streak endured when he defeated TMC’s Moon Moon Sen by way of an enormous margin of one.97 lakh votes.
This time the Bollywood singer was once named the Minister of State for Setting, Woodland and Local weather Exchange.
Supriyo was once once more pitted in April 2021, because the BJP candidate for Tollygunge Meeting constituency, which has as its centerpiece the film studio referred to as Tollywood, in opposition to three-time TMC MLA Aroop Biswas.
The 2-time BJP MP had then promised he would finish Biswas’s dictatorship in Tollywood.
Alternatively, this time spherical his streak of success gave the impression to have run out.
Supriyo misplaced by way of over 50,000 votes.
Issues additionally began going bitter in his dating with BJP’s best management and he was once sooner or later dropped from the Union Cupboard.
The perturbed 50-year-old singer, whose instinctive first response was once that he would surrender politics after being dropped from the ministry, in the long run joined the TMC after birthday party supremo Mamata Banerjee and common secretary Abhishek Banerjee prolonged an be offering to him.
“It was once with nice disillusionment that I had introduced that I might surrender politics. An excellent chance has been prolonged by way of Didi (Mamata Banerjee) and Abhishek Banerjee and I’m glad to simply accept that. I used to be anticipating one thing extra after seven years as a Union Minister of State. Then variations began rising with the birthday party,” Supriyo had stated after becoming a member of the TMC ultimate 12 months.
Although his victory in Ballygunge previous this 12 months was once marred by way of a marketing campaign of no vote for Supriyo undertaken by way of some teams within the constituency, Supriyo, true to his curler coaster taste received the seat by way of over 20,000 votes in opposition to his CPI(M) rival Saira Shah Halim, who emerged in the second one place.
Curiously, his former birthday party’s Keya Ghosh got here 3rd.
KOLKATA: Babul Supriyo, who was once on Wednesday sworn in as a minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cupboard, has had a roller-coaster journey, from being a well-liked playback singer to BJP’s poster boy in West Bengal to becoming a member of the TMC govt.
Supriyo began off as a town banker who rose to be a BJP minister on the Centre after an opportunity assembly with yoga guru Ramdev, however all at once discovered himself out within the chilly after dropping an meeting election from Tollygunge ultimate 12 months by way of an enormous margin of fifty,000 votes.
Alternatively, Supriyo bounced again to win the celebrated Ballygunge constituency in April for his new birthday party the Trinamool Congress which he joined in September 2021 in a wonder transfer.
Born in West Bengal’s Uttarpara as Supriya Baral in 1970, he modified his title to Babul Supriyo whilst attempting his success as a Bollywood singer after quitting his banking activity.
After a a hit stint as a Hindi playback singer, Supriyo entered politics in 2014, getting a price ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections for the BJP from West Bengal on Ramdev’s advice.
He stunned everybody by way of defeating TMC’s Dola Sen from the commercial the town of Asansol and was once made the Union Minister of State for City Construction.
Two years later, he was once shifted to the Ministry for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises all through a reshuffle in July 2016.
In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Supriyo’s successful streak endured when he defeated TMC’s Moon Moon Sen by way of an enormous margin of one.97 lakh votes.
This time the Bollywood singer was once named the Minister of State for Setting, Woodland and Local weather Exchange.
Supriyo was once once more pitted in April 2021, because the BJP candidate for Tollygunge Meeting constituency, which has as its centerpiece the film studio referred to as Tollywood, in opposition to three-time TMC MLA Aroop Biswas.
The 2-time BJP MP had then promised he would finish Biswas’s dictatorship in Tollywood.
Alternatively, this time spherical his streak of success gave the impression to have run out.
Supriyo misplaced by way of over 50,000 votes.
Issues additionally began going bitter in his dating with BJP’s best management and he was once sooner or later dropped from the Union Cupboard.
The perturbed 50-year-old singer, whose instinctive first response was once that he would surrender politics after being dropped from the ministry, in the long run joined the TMC after birthday party supremo Mamata Banerjee and common secretary Abhishek Banerjee prolonged an be offering to him.
“It was once with nice disillusionment that I had introduced that I might surrender politics. An excellent chance has been prolonged by way of Didi (Mamata Banerjee) and Abhishek Banerjee and I’m glad to simply accept that. I used to be anticipating one thing extra after seven years as a Union Minister of State. Then variations began rising with the birthday party,” Supriyo had stated after becoming a member of the TMC ultimate 12 months.
Although his victory in Ballygunge previous this 12 months was once marred by way of a marketing campaign of no vote for Supriyo undertaken by way of some teams within the constituency, Supriyo, true to his curler coaster taste received the seat by way of over 20,000 votes in opposition to his CPI(M) rival Saira Shah Halim, who emerged in the second one place.
Curiously, his former birthday party’s Keya Ghosh got here 3rd.