Mamata Bala Thakur Explained

Mamata Thakur
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
from West Bengal
Term Start:3 April 2024
Predecessor:Subhasish Chakraborty
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
from West Bengal
Constituency1:Bangaon
Term Start1:16 February 2015
Term End1:23 May 2019
Predecessor1:Kapil Krishna Thakur
Successor1:Shantanu Thakur
Birth Place:Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India
Party:Trinamool Congress
Profession:Social worker
Politician

Mamata Thakur (born 15 May 1967), is an Indian politician and member of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, and belongs to the Trinamool Congress. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in a 2015 by-election, representing Bangaon from the TMC.[1] She came second in 2019 election, losing to BJP's candidate.

Mamata Thakur was nominated as Trinamool Congress party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in 2024.[2]

Career

From March 2015 she served as a member of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment; the term ended when that Lok Sabha was dissolved in 2019. She is a Matua Maha religious mother of the Matua Mahasangha community. She lives in the town of Thakurnagar.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lok Sabha . 164.100.47.132 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150426144900/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4930 . 2015-04-26.
  2. News: The Hindu . 11 February 2024 . Trinamool names Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Dev, and two others for Rajya Sabha . https://web.archive.org/web/20240211171055/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/tmc-announces-candidature-of-sagarika-ghose-sushmita-dev-2-others-for-rs-polls/article67834933.ece . 11 February 2024 . 11 February 2024 . en-IN.