Saifuddin Choudhury | |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1952 |
Birth Place: | Memari, West Bengal |
Death Date: | 14 September 2014 (aged 62) |
Death Place: | New Delhi |
Office: | Member of the Indian Parliament for Katwa |
Term Start: | 1980 |
Term End: | 1996 |
Predecessor: | Dhirendranath Basu |
Successor: | Mahboob Zahedi |
Nationality: | Indian |
Spouse: | Ruksana Chowdhury |
Party: | Communist Party of India (Marxist)Party of Democratic Socialism |
Alma Mater: | University of Calcutta |
Profession: | Politician, social worker |
Saifuddin Choudhury (1 August 1952 - 14 September 2014), was an Indian politician who was a CPI(M) leader and MP from West Bengal state of India. In February 2001 he formed Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).[1]
He was elected to the Lok Sabha on a CPI(M) ticket from Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991.[2] He took a progressive role in Shah Bano case in his tenure as a Member of Parliament.[3] He later took important role during discussion on Narasima Rao government also.[4] He fared very badly in the 2009 election from Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency). His membership of the party was not renewed.[5] [6]