Second Mukherjee ministry

Second Mukherjee ministry
7th Ministry of West Bengal
1969—1970
Date formed25 February 1969
Date dissolved19 March 1970
People and organisations
GovernorDharma Vira
Deep Narayan Sinha
Shanti Swaroop Dhavan
Chief MinisterAjoy Kumar Mukherjee
No. of ministers30
Ministers removed3
Total no. of members33
Member party  UF
Status in legislatureMajority
214 / 280 (76%)
Opposition party  INC(R)
Opposition leaderPrafulla Chandra Sen
History
Election1969
Outgoing election1967
Legislature term6th Assembly
PredecessorSecond Ghosh ministry
SuccessorThird Mukherjee ministry

The Second Ajoy Mukherjee ministry was the coalition government that ruled the Indian state of West Bengal for 13 months, 1969–1970. The Second United Front Cabinet was formed after the 1967 First United Front Cabinet had been dismissed in 1967, President's Rule introduced and a mid-term election held in 1969. The United Front got a renewed popular mandate in the 1969 election, with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) calling the shots but with a non-leftist Chief Minister. The 13-month reign of the Second United Front Cabinet was marked by the struggle for comprehensive land reform, labour disputes, political violence and coalition infighting.

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