Manturam Pakhira
Manturam Pakhira | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Shyamal Mondal |
| Constituency | Kakdwip |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Residence(s) | Bamanagar, Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India |
Manturam Pakhira is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sundarbans Affairs in the Council of Ministers of West Bengal. He is son of Kalipada Pakhira, he is a social worker.[1] On 30 September 2020, he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and thereafter hospitalized in Beleghata Infectious Disease Hospital in Kolkata.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Politics
Pakhira was first elected from Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in South 24 Parganas in 2001,[8] and again elected in 2011.[9] He was inducted as a Minister of State in charge of Sunderbans Development in November 2012.[10]
References
- ^ "Manturam Pakhira". My Neta. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Manturam Pakhira: West Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for Covid-19 | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "করোনা আক্রান্ত হয়ে মন্টুরাম পাখিরার 'মৃত্যু'তে শোকপ্রকাশ মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর, ভুল বুঝেই ডিলিট বার্তা".
- ^ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for Covid-19 | Deccan Herald". 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for COVID-19".
- ^ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for COVID-19 | Health".
- ^ "Bengal minister tests Coronavirus positive". 30 September 2020.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister". Business Standard India. Business Standard 22 November 2012. Press Trust of India. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
