Manoranjan Shill Gopal Explained

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]

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 06 Dinajpur-1 . 2021-05-29 . Bangladesh Parliament.
  2. News: Manoranjan Shill Gopal, MP, as chief guest, distributing . The Daily Observer . 27 January 2016 . 2016-08-06.
  3. Web site: Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics . . Vote Monitor Networks . 12 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081222053949/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=6 . 22 December 2008.
  4. News: 4 December 2005 . Manoranjan Shil Gopal (Ind) unofficially elected in Dinajpur-1 by poll . bdnews24 . 7 November 2015.
  5. Web site: List of 9th Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament . bn.
  6. Web site: List of 10th Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament.
  7. News: 2017-09-28 . Dinajpur MP sued for renaming Sheikh Mujibur Rahman College to his own . en-US . Dhaka Tribune . 2021-07-09.
  8. News: 2018-09-06 . Dinajpur AL MP Gopal declared unwelcome in his locality . 2021-07-09 . Dhaka Tribune.
  9. Web site: List of 11th Parliament Members Bangla . 2021-07-09 . Bangladesh Parliament.