Subodh Banerjee (1918 – 16 September 1974)Proceedings of the Winter Session of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly held at 9 a. m. on Friday, the 6 December 1974 in the Assembly Chambers, Shillong was an Indian politician, belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India. He introduced the Gherao principle as a formal mode of protest in the trade union sector of India while being the Labour Minister in the 1967 United Front Government in West Bengal.West Bengal's Jyothi Basu – A political people, p. 27A Defiant RebelPopulist Governance He was the PWD minister in the 1969 United Front Government of West Bengal. His lasting contribution was the removal of all statutes of "guardians and rulers" of the British Indian empire from public places in Kolkata. However, he appreciated the artistic value of many of them and stored them in some other public places not in the public view. He was called the Gherao minister and was recognised both by his friends and detractors as a 'scrupulously honest minister and a firebrand labour leader with incendiary oratorical skill'.
He was a member of the Central Committee of the SUCI and the first MLA of the party.How much do you know about SUCI
He represented the Jaynagar assembly constituency of West Bengal.
A auditorium has been made for the memory of his and Sachin Banerjee in Jaynagar by naming 'Sachin Banerjee-Subodh Banerjee Bhaban.
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Further reading A Homage to Subodh Bannerjee