He is a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was an MLA from Alipore for two terms (2001-2006 & 2006-2009). Currently, he is the MP of Krishnanagar since 2009.
Controversy
On 30 June 2014, a video emerged of a speech "apparently six to seven weeks old", by Tapas Pal in In the video, Tapas Pal is reported to have threatened workers of the rival party with violence
That ranks 17th in the nation! It’s also home to a new Spanish tapas bar called Quintaesencia Tapas & Bar ... I got a group text from my “pulpo pals” Edson Pinheiro and chef Beau Schmidt about a tapas bar that recently opened in Parma.
