Subhas Sarkar

Subhas Sarkar is an Indian gynecologist and politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Bankura (Lok [Sabha constituency)|Bankura], West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served the constituency from 2019 to 2024. He has already served as the Union Minister of State in the Ministry [of Education (India)] in the Second Modi ministry.

Political career

He contested from Bankura as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in 2019 Indian general election and defeated a veteran politician and Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee of All [India Trinamool Congress] by over 1 lakh votes. On 8 July 2021, he was made the Minister of State for Education during the cabinet reshuffle in the Narendra Modi cabinet.