Babul Supriyo
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| West Bengal Minister of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Partha Bhowmick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Bengal Minister of Information Technology and Electronics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 3 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Partha Chatterjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tourism Minister of West Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 3 August 2022 – 11 September 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Indranil Sen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Indranil Sen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly for Ballygunge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 16 April 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Subrata Mukherjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Asansol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2014 – 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Shatrughan Sinha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Babul Supriyo Baral 15 December 1970 Uttarpara, West Bengal, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Trinamool Congress (2021–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Babul Supriyo (b. 15 December 1970) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Cabinet Minister of Information Technology and Electronics of the Government of West Bengal. He was elected Member of Parliament from Asansol in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha and also served as the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in the Union Council of Ministers. He officially resigned as MP on 19 October 2021 and was elected as a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 16 April 2022 from Ballygunge Assembly seat.
He started his career as playback singer in Hindi cinema in the mid-nineties and has sung for many films since then. He primarily sings in Hindi, Bengali, and Odia languages. However, he has also done playback singing in 11 other languages during his musical career. He entered politics in 2014 and joined Narendra Modi's government. He previously served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Supriyo quit the Bharatiya Janata Party and joined the Trinamool Congress Party in September 2021.