Asit Mitra is anIndian National Congress politician.[1] He was a member of theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2021, elected twice in 1996 and 2001 fromKalyanpur and twice in 2011 and 2016 fromAmta.[2][3][4][5] He was given the responsibility of being the Congress'sPurulia district observer by theWest Bengal Pradesh Congress in 2021.[6]