Manoranjan Shill Gopal | |
Native Name: | মনোরঞ্জন শীল গোপাল |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1964 |
Birth Place: | Dinajpur, East Pakistan |
Constituency Mp: | Dinajpur-1 |
Education: | B.A[1] |
Profession: | Business & Agriculture |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Termstart: | 2005 |
Predecessor: | Abdullah Al Kafi |
Manoranjan Shill Gopal (Bengali: মনোরঞ্জন শীল গোপাল; born 1 January 1964), also known as Gopal, is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as member of parliament for Dinajpur-1 since 2005.[2]
Gopal unsuccessfully contested Jatiyo Sangshad (National Parliament) constituency Dinajpur-1 in 1991 under the National Democratic Party banner, in June 1996 as the Jatiya Party candidate, and in 2001 as the Islami Oikya Jote candidate.[3]
He ran as an independent in the December 2005 by-election for Dinajpur-1, and was elected member of parliament with a majority of 62,401 votes.[4] Representing the Bangladesh Awami League, he was re-elected to the seat in the 2008 and 2014 general elections.[5] [6]
In September 2017, Gopal was sued by an Awami League activists for renaming Sheikh Mujibur Rahman College to MS Gopal Model College.[7]
In September 2018, Awami League activists declared Gopal unwanted in Dinajpur District in a rally.[8] He was re-elected from Dinajpur-1 as an Awami League candidate in December 2018.[9]