Manas Ranjan Bhunia (born 28 February 1952) is an Indian politician and was the Minister for Irrigation and Waterways and the Minister for Small & Micro Industries and Textile in the Government of West Bengal.
Career He passed M.B.B.S from N.R.S Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata in 1974. He is the son of the late Pulin Behari Bhunia, a freedom fighter. Bhunia became an MLA, elected from the Sabang constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election. He along with all other ministers in the state cabinet resigned after Indian National Congress withdrew support for the state government. He joined the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in 2016. He was the Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development of the Government of West Bengal.
On 26 August 2015, he accused the West Bengal Police of selectively arresting supporters of the Chhatra Parishad movement. On September 16, he began an indefinite fast to protest the murder of one of the movement's members. In March 2021, he again got the AITC ticket to contest the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 from Sabang constituency and won, defeating Amulya Maity of the BJP by 9,864 votes. He was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amal Kumar Panda in 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
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