Human rights violations and state-sponsored violence marked Siddhartha Shankar Ray's regime. Post the Emergency in 1975, the state saw a new Chief Minister and CPI(M) evolving as a formidable force in the state.

• Indranil Roychowdhury
• Anusua Roy Choudhury

• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Indira Gandhi
• Pratik Dutta