Abu Ayesh Mondal | |
Office1: | Chairman of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation |
Term Start1: | 7 June 2011 |
Term End1: | 9 December 2014 |
Term Start2: | 25 July 2017 |
Office3: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start3: | 2006 |
Term End3: | 2009 |
Constituency3: | Katwa |
Predecessor3: | Mahboob Zahedi |
Successor3: | Constituency Dissolved |
Office4: | West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Term Start4: | 1991 |
Term End4: | 2006 |
Constituency4: | Manteswar |
Predecessor4: | Hemanta Roy |
Successor4: | Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1944 |
Birth Place: | Akbarnagar, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Alma Mater: | University of Calcutta |
Party: | All India Trinamool Congress |
Abu Ayesh Mondal (born 6 January 1944) is an Indian politician from West Bengal belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He is a former member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha.He was Chairman of West Bengal Minorities Commission also.
Mondal was born on 6 January 1944 at Akbarnagar in Burdwan to Abdul Ohid Mondal and Ashema Khatun.[1] He graduated from University of Calcutta in mathematics.
Mondal was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Manteswar in 1991, 1996 and 2001 as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate.[2] [3] [4] He was also elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from Katwa in 2006 bypoll as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate.[5]
Mondal was expelled from Communist Party of India (Marxist) for alleged anti-party activities.[6] Later, he joined Trinamool Congress.[7] [8]
Mondal was appointed the chairman of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation on 7 June 2011.[9] He served the post till 9 December 2014. He was appointed again as the chairman of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation on 25 July 2017.[10] [11]
Mondal was married to Sanowara Khatun on 18 June 1962.[1] They have three sons and two daughters.
In July 2013 an employee of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation alleged that Mondal called her bad names over telephone.[12] [13] In December 2014 it was alleged that he beat a toll plaza employee with his shoe.[14] [15] After this allegation he resigned from West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation.[16] [17]