Information Technology and Electronics Non Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources Tourism
Preceded by
Partha Chatterjee
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 April 2022
Preceded by
Subrata Mukherjee
Constituency
Ballygunge
Majority
20,030
Minister of State, Government of India
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Minister
Prakash Javadekar
MoS of
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Preceded by
Mahesh Sharma
In office 12 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
MoS of
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Preceded by
G.M. Siddeshwara
Succeeded by
Arjun Ram Meghwal
In office 9 November 2014 – 12 July 2016
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
MoS of
Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2014 – 22 October 2021
Preceded by
Bansa Gopal Chowdhury
Succeeded by
Shatrughan Sinha
Constituency
Asansol
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
In office 1 September 2014 – 9 November 2014
Appointed by
Sumitra Mahajan Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Personal details
Born
Babul Supriyo Baral
(1970-12-15) 15 December 1970 (age 53) Uttarpara, West Bengal, India
Political party
All India Trinamool Congress (2021–present)[1]
Other political affiliations
Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–2021)
Spouses
Riaa
(m. 1995; div. 2015)
Rachna Sharma
(m. 2016)
Alma mater
University of Calcutta (B.Com)
Signature
Occupations
Politician
actor
playback singer
Awards
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Male Playback for Tak Jhal Mishti
Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Kalakar Awards – Best Playback Singer for Mayer Anchal
Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award for Subho Drishti
Zee Gold Awards – Best Playback Singer for Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Website
Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change
Babul Supriyo (born 15 December 1970)[2][3] is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Cabinet Minister of Information Technology and Electronics of the Government of West Bengal. He was elected Member of Parliament from Asansol in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha and also served as the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in the Union Council of Ministers. He officially resigned as MP on 19 October 2021.[4] and was elected as a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 16 April 2022 from Ballygunge Assembly seat.[5]
He made a career as playback singer in Hindi cinema in the mid-nineties and has sung for many films since then. He primarily sings in Hindi, Bengali, and Odia languages. However, he has also done playback singing in 11 other languages during his musical career. He entered politics in 2014 and joined Narendra Modi's government. He previously served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Supriyo quit the Bhartiya Janata Party and joined the All India Trinamool Congress Party in September 2021.[6]
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^"bjp: BJP draws a blank in 5 bypolls across 4 states | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^"Babul Supriyo, Till Recently A Union Minister, Joins Team Mamata". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
BabulSupriyo (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Cabinet...
police complaint against Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Union Minister BabulSupriyo for allegedly "insulting her modesty" during a national television debate...
Acharia. In 2019, she lost the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency election to BabulSupriyo of BJP. In 2015, Moon Moon Sen in an interview said 'I think we should...
Zindagii Kay. The song is composed by Dinesh Chaturvedi and sung by BabulSupriyo along with Priya Bhattacharya. The lyrics were penned by Nawab Arzoo...
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Mukherjee, Rudranil Ghosh and Rittika Sen while Rituparna Sengupta and BabulSupriyo appear in Guest appearances. The movie, based on the popular novel Chowringhee...
April 2019. PTI (13 March 2022). "Mamata names Shatrughan Sinha and BabulSupriyo as TMC candidates for bypolls". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 March...
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India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014. "Supriyo makes it tricky for TMC, Left". Bengal. The Statesman, 6 May 2014. Retrieved...
DNAIndia.com". DNA India. Retrieved 22 July 2019. "Chehra Hai Ya – BabulSupriyo Souls Forever Vol 4". Raagtune.me. Retrieved 27 October 2015. Wikimedia...
Affairs Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation BabulSupriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh Information...
penned by Sameer. All the songs were sung by Anuradha Paudwal along with BabulSupriyo, KK & Sudesh Bhosle Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film...
dropped at Centre, BJP MP BabulSupriyo joins TMC". The Indian Express. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021. "BabulSupriyo formally resigns as MP"...
Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Sapna Mukherjee, Kailash Kher, BabulSupriyo and Shaan. Released on 26 February 2003 at an event in Mumbai, it was...
Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Sadhna Sargam, Sunidhi Chauhan, BabulSupriyo, and Shaan. The re-arrangement was done by Babloo Chakravorty. All music...
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