Bachchu Hansda

Bachchu Hansda (born 1 March 1979) is an Indian politician from Tapan in West Bengal. He served as the Minister of State for North Bengal Development in the Government of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021. Hansda was elected twice to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Tapan constituency, in 2011 and 2016.

Hansda faced allegations of widespread corruption, including accusations of accepting large sums of money from individuals in exchange for appointments to government teaching positions at various school levels. As a result of these allegations, the Trinamool Congress denied him a ticket to contest the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, later Hansda joined opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party.

Political career Hansda was first nominated as a candidate by the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, where he contested against Revolutionary Socialist Party leader Khara Soren. Hansda won the election with a margin of 18,657 votes, securing a total of 72,643 votes, and Soren received 53,986 votes.

Hansda later faced allegations of widespread corruption, including accusations of accepting large sums of money from individuals in exchange for appointments to government teaching positions. As a consequence of these allegations, the TMC denied him a ticket for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. Seven days later he expressed his desire to rejoin the Trinamool Congress; the party declined his request. Since then, Hansda has not been affiliated with any political party and teaches at schools that he owns.