Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi; 13 November 1945 – 20 November 2017) was an Indian National Congress politician, former Union Minister and a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) of West Bengal. He died on 20 November 2017, aged 72, after nine years in a coma following a massive stroke. Career Dasmunsi was president of Indian Youth Congress in West Bengal from 1970 to 1971. He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha from the South Calcutta constituency in the 1971 Indian general election. He was appointed as the Union Minister of State for Commerce in 1985 by prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Within West Bengal, he was known for his strong anti-Left credentials. In 2004, in the First Manmohan Singh ministry, he was appointed as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He controversially banned television networks he deemed "obscene", including a three-month ban on the Sony-owned television network AXN and Fashion TV. In 2007, Dasmunsi was also responsible requiring broadcaster Nimbus Communications to share broadcast rights for the Indian cricket team with the state television network, Doordarshan — this despite Nimbus paying hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Dasmunsi served as the president of the All India Football Federation for almost twenty years, from 1988 to 2008. He was succeeded by Nationalist Congress Party politician Praful Patel. Electoral record In 1971, Dasmunsi won in the general elections from the Constituency (Lok Sabha) South Calcutta. In 1984, he won in the general elections from the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency). In 1989, he lost in the general elections from Howrah. In 1991, he lost in the general elections from Howrah. In 1996, he won in the general elections from Howrah. In 1999, he won in the general elections from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) In 2004, he won in the general elections from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). All India Football Federation Dasmunsi succeeded Khalifa Ziauddin as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in December 1988. Under his leadership, the AIFF launched the National Football League in 1996. The National Football League would be replaced by the I-League for the 2007-08 season. The India national football team won the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup in Delhi to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in