Manas Ranjan Bhunia 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.

He is the current Minister of Water Resources Investigation and Development for the Government of West Bengal.

On 26 August 2015, he accused the West Bengal Police of selectively arresting supporters of the Chhatra Parishad movement.

[3] On September 16, he began an indefinite fast to protest the murder of one of the movement's members.

[4] In March 2021, he again got the ticket to contest the West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 from Sabang constituency and won.