

However the Facebook post was later deleted. Probably stung by an unexpected defeat, Supriyo stated that Bengal had made a 'historic mistake' by voting for TMC. In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Babul Supriyo ran from Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and lost by more than 50,000 votes. On 13 August 2019, Supriyo Babul, accused the state government of not giving food for the cyclone affected people in Fazarganj for 5 days. On 19 September 2019, Supriyo was attacked by students after he was invited to attend an event at Calcutta's Jadavpur University. In May 2019, he became Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change. In the 2019 Indian general election, Supriyo again won from the Asansol as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate defeating Moon Moon Sen by 1.97 lakh votes, and securing a total of 6.32 lakh votes. He served in these ministries till 12 July 2016, after which his portfolio was changed to Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. He was inducted to Narendra Modi's government as the Union Minister of State, Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation on 9 November 2014. In 2014 Indian general election, he was nominated by the party as their candidate for Asansol, West Bengal and won it by defeating Dola Sen. Political career īabul Supriyo taking charge as the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on 1 June 2019Īn ardent admirer of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi, Supriyo was introduced to Bharatiya Janata Party in March 2014. He remarried on 9 August 2016 to Rachna Sharma, an air hostess of Jet Airways. Supriyo and Riaa divorced in October 2015. His first child Sharmilee was born in 1996. Supriyo was introduced to Riaa at a Shah Rukh Khan concert in Toronto. When he entered the entertainment industry, he changed his birth name Supriya Baral to Babul Supriyo. He completed his bachelor's degree in commerce from Serampore College in 1991.

He attended Don Bosco School during which he became an "All India Don Bosco Music Champion" in 1983, and "The Most Enriching Talent" in 1985. He won several inter-school and inter-college music compositions, and had performed in All India Radio and Doordarshan. Babul comes from a musical family and was greatly influenced by his grandfather, Banikantha NC Baral, a Bengali vocalist and composer. His parents are Sunil Chandra Baral and Sumitra Baral. Supriyo was born and brought up in Uttarpara, a suburb town of Kolkata on the banks of the Hooghly River in West Bengal. Supriyo quit the Bhartiya Janata Party and joined the All India Trinamool Congress Party in September 2021. 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. He entered politics in 2014 and joined Narendra Modi's government. However, he has also done playback singing in 11 other languages during his musical career. He primarily sings in Hindi, Bengali, and Odia languages. He made a career as playback singer in Hindi cinema in the mid-nineties and has sung for many films since then. He officially resigned as MP on 19 October 2021.

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. Babul Supriyo (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician.
