Manoj Chakraborty Explained

Manoj Chakraborty
Birth Date:8 April 1954
Birth Place:Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Residence:Kolkata
Office:Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Term Start:20 May 2011
Term End:18 January 2012
Office2:MLA
Term Start2:2006
Term End2:2021
Constituency2:Baharampur
Predecessor2:Maya Rani Paul
Successor2:Subrata Moitra (Kanchan)
Party:Indian National Congress
Alma Mater:Berhampore College (B.Com)

Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Baharampur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1] [2] [3]

Manoj Chakraborty resigned from the state cabinet on 18 January 2012.[4]

Manoj Chakraborty shot into prominence when in the 2006 state assembly elections as an independent he won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet. 22 May 2011. Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view. 5 October 2011.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  3. News: All the Didi's men . 22 May 2009 . Abhijit . Dasgupta . India Today . 3 June 2018 .
  4. Web site: WB: Congress leader says Mamata govt ‘dictatorial’, quits. India Today 18 January 2012. 14 July 2014.
  5. News: Adhir beats Cong at home . https://web.archive.org/web/20060630164023/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/bengal/story_6214010.asp. dead. 30 June 2006. The Telegraph 12 May 2006. 2011-05-13 . Calcutta, India. 2006-05-12.