Basanta Das

Basanta Das
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Cabinet Minister, Assam
In office 26 January 2015 – 24 May 2016
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Departments	Fisheries Water Resources Scheduled Castes Welfare
Preceded by	Self (Fisheries) Rajib Lochan Pegu (Water Resources, SC Welfare)
Succeeded by	Parimal Suklabaidya (Fisheries) Keshab Mahanta (Water Resources)
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Assam
In office 26 January 2015 – 24 May 2016
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Departments	Fisheries Information and Public Relations Printing and Stationery
Preceded by	Nurjamal Sarkar (Fisheries) Rakibul Hussain (IPR, Printing)
Succeeded by	Self (Fisheries) Tarun Gogoi (IPR, Printing)
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 2021–2016
Preceded by	Gurujyoti Das
Constituency	Mangaldoi
In office 2011–2016
Preceded by	Hiren Kumar Das
Succeeded by	Gurujyoti Das
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	Hiren Kumar Das
Succeeded by	Hiren Kumar Das
Personal details
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2026–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (2001–2026)
Education	Darrang College

Basanta Das is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam. He has been elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly representing the Mangaldoi constituency. He also served as a cabinet minister in the Third Tarun Gogoi Ministry (from 2011-2016), overseeing the following ministries:

• Ministry of Fisheries
• Ministry of Printing
• Ministry of Stationery and Information
• Ministry of Public Relations
• Ministry of Water Resources
• Ministry of Scheduled Castes Welfare

On 5 March 2026, after having been suspended from the Congress, Das joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in time for the 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election.

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