Upendra Nath Biswas
Upendra Nath Biswas | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Backward Class Welfare,Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Succeeded by | Rajib Banerjee |
| Member of Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Dulal Bar (AITC) |
| Succeeded by | Dulal Bar (INC) |
| Constituency | Bagda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1941 Jessore, Bangladesh |
| Political party | AITC(2011-2021) |
| Residence(s) | Sector III, Bidhannagar (E), Kolkata |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Profession | Politician and Civil Servant |
Upendranath Biswas or U. N. Biswas is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, caste historian, and an Indian politician. He is widely known for his probe into the Fodder Scam and for bringing down the once-powerful RJD leader and Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1997.
He also served as the Minister of Backward Classes Welfare in the Government of West Bengal from 2011 to 2016 in the First Banerjee ministry. He resigned from Trinamool Congress in 2021.