Md. Sohrab Explained

Md. Sohrab
Birth Date:8 July 1932
Residence:Village: Mongaljan, PO Ghorsala, PS: Raghunathganj, District: Murshidabad.
Office1:Member of Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Suti
Term1:1969-1971, 1971-1972, 1977-1982, 1996-2001
Office2:Member of Legislative Assembly
Constituency2:Jangipur
Term Start2:2011
Term End2:2016

Md. Sohrab is a Congress politician, five-time MLA and Congress legislature party leader in the West Bengal state assembly.

Personal life

Md. Sohrab, son of Yar Mohammad, is a post-graduate and is a retired head-teacher.[1] [2]

Political career

He was elected to the West Bengal state assembly from Suti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1969,[3] 1971,[4] 1977[5] and 1996,[6] as a Congress candidate.

When he was not given a party ticket to contest in 2001, he filed his nomination in the same constituency as a rebel candidate and lost.[7] At that Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who has a reputation for sponsoring rebels, commented, "Do you expect my former mastermoshai Md Sohrab (rebel candidate from Suti) and five-time MLA Habibur Rahman (rebel candidate from Jangipur) to listen to me?"[8] In 2011, he won from Jangipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[9] and was Congress legislature party leader.[10] He joined All India Trinamool Congress in 2016.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Affidavit Details of Md. Sohrab . Empowering India. 21 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Election Watch Reporter. Md. Sohrab. My Neta. 21 July 2014.
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 20 July 2014.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 20 July 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 20 July 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 20 July 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 20 July 2014.
  8. Web site: Prisoner of rebel shadows . https://archive.today/20140726191143/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1010427/national.htm . dead . 26 July 2014 . National – The Telegraph 26 April 2001. 21 July 2014.
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 20 July 2014.
  10. Web site: Congress appeals to Didi's 'Bengali sentiment' to support Pranab . The Times of India . 11 June 2012 . 21 July 2014 . dead . https://archive.today/20140726191224/http://www.samachar.com/congress-appeals-to-didi-s-bengali-sentiment-to-support-pranab-mgleLgcfhjf.html . 26 July 2014 .
  11. https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/tmc-here-with-manas-amp-sohrab/cid/1323453 ...TMC here with Manas & Sohrab

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