Manju Basu Explained

Manju Basu
Residence:Netaji Pally, PO Ichapur Nawabgunj, PS Noapara, dist North 24 Paraganas
Office:Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
1Namedata:Constituency:- 107. Noapara, North 24 Parganas
Predecessor1:Sunil Singh
Predecessor3:Madan Mohan Nath
Successor3:Kushadhwaj Ghosh
Predecessor2:Kushadhwaj Ghosh
Successor2:Madhusudan Ghose
Term Start3:2001
Term End3:2006
Term Start2:2011
Term End2:2016
Term Start1:6 May 2021
Spouse:Bikash Basu
Alma Mater:M.A.

Manju Basu is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and is a Member of Legislative Assembly from Noapara.

A graduate in humanities and education, she was a school teacher by profession.[1] She entered active politics in 2000 after her husband, Bikash Basu, also a school teacher and a Trinamool Congress activist, was killed in the run up to the election the following year.[2] [3]

She was nominated a Trinamool Congress candidate from Noapara in 2001 and she won the election.[4] However, she lost in 2006[5] but won again in 2011.[6] In the 2016 General Election she lost the seat again. The Congress candidate Madhusudan Ghosh won the seat.Again, in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election she defeated her nearest rival Sunil Singh of BJP.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Watch Reporter. My Neta. 19 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Dozen dose of dynasty on Trinamul list . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821023236/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110319/jsp/bengal/story_13737713.jsp . dead . 21 August 2014 . The Telegraph, 19 March 2011 . 19 August 2014.
  3. Web site: 13-year-old shot dead in front of pandal . The Telegraph, 26 October 2000 . 19 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081112044743/http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html . 12 November 2008 . dead .
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 19 August 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 19 August 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 19 August 2014.