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.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
^"How I brought down Lalu Prasad — story of Upen Biswas". The Times of India.
^"Ex-CBI officer who probed Lalu Yadav in fodder scam to help Bengal SSC probe: HC". Hindustan Times.
^"Former Bengal minister Upen Biswas resigns from TMC". Deccan Herald.
^"Former West Bengal minister Upen Biswas resigns from TMC". The Week.
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