Rajib Banerjee

Rajib Banerjee (b 1974) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister for Forest Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He was a former Minister in charge of Irrigation & Waterways (2011–2018), and Tribal affairs & backwards classes (2018–2019). He was elected to West Bengal Vidhan Sabha as MLA of Domjur seat in 2011 and 2016 as a member of Trinamool Congress.

Early life and education

Banerjee is from Rashbehari, Howrah district, West Bengal. He is the son of the late Dhananjoy Banerjee. He completed his MBA at IIME in 1995. He also did a Diploma in Computer Application at St. Xavier's Computer Centre in the year 1990 and Honours Graduate from St. Xavier's College in the year 1988.

Career Banerjee became an MLA for the first time winning the Domjur Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. In 2011, he polled 1,01,042 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Mohanta Chatterjee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), by a margin of 24,986 votes. He retained the seat for Trinamool Congress, in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, defeating Protima Dutta, an independent candidate, by a margin of 1,07,701 votes. In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he contested Domjur on a BJP ticket and lost to Kalyan Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress.

On January 29, 2021, he resigned his MLA post of Domjur assembly constituency. Next day he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He rejoined All India Trinamool Congress on 31 October 2021.