Rathin Ghosh

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

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| name = Rathin Ghosh

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| office = Minister for Food & Supplies, Government Of West Bengal

| term_start = 10 May 2021

| governor = Jagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan
C. V. Ananda Bose

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Mamata Banerjee

| predecessor = Jyotipriya Mallick

| successor1 =

| residence = Madhyamgram

| death_place =

| office2 = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term_start2 = May 13, 2011

| term_end2 =

| constituency2 = Madhyamgram

| predecessor2 = Constituency Established

| successor2 =

| governor2 = M. K. Narayanan
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar

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| party = All India Trinamool Congress

| alma_mater = Calcutta University

| spouse = Krishna Ghosh

| children = 1

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Rathin Ghosh is currently the Food and Supplies Minister of West Bengal in the third Mamata Banerjee Government.

He is an Indian politician belonging to the All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Madhyamgram in 2011, 2016, and 2021.{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 13 August 2014}}[http://myneta.info/westbengal2016/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default List of Winners in West Bengal 2016]

In 1998, he joined the Trinamool congress and won the Madhyamgram Municipality election by defeating Left Front (Ruling party of state at that time) and went on to become the first TMC Chairman of North 24 Parganas. Under his leadership, TMC got the first Municipal Board in North 24 Parganas.

Earlier, Ghosh was a congressman who went on to become the Chairman of the Madhyamgram Municipality in 1999. Ghosh was a corporator in the 2004 municipal board. This was after the elections were rigged by left front leader, Subhash Chakraborty.

Ghosh is also known for his huge development works all over the Madhyamgram. He has been chairman of the municipality three times and four times the Corporator, as well as being the MLA of West Bengal Assembly three times.

He is also a full-time social worker who undertakes the study responsibility for hundreds of poor children.

In 2021, after the West Bengal Legislative Elections, CM Mamata Banerjee made him the Cabinet Minister of Government of West Bengal.

Ghosh is currently Food and Supplies Minister of West Bengal in third Mamata Banerjee Government.