Mohammed Salim (politician)

Mohammed Salim মহম্মদ সেলিম
Election poster for Mohammed Salim during the Indian general election, 2009.
Member of the Indian Parliament for Raiganj
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Preceded by	Deepa Dasmunsi
Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 April 2015
Member of the Indian Parliament for Calcutta North East
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Ajit Kumar Panja
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Minister for Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment
In office 16 May 2001 – 17 May 2004
MLA
In office 2001–2004
Preceded by	Sultan Ahmed
Succeeded by	Md. Abu Sufayen
Constituency	Entally
Member of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) for West Bengal
In office 1990–1996
In office 1996 – 2001 (Two terms)
Personal details
Born	(1957-06-05) 5 June 1957 Kolkata, West Bengal
Political party	CPI(M)
Spouse	Dr. Rosina Khatun
Children	2 sons
Residence	Kolkata
Alma mater	Maulana Azad College University of Jadavpur
Website	mdsalim.org
As of 17 September, 2006 Source: []

Mohammed Salim (born 5 June 1957) is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was inducted in the politbuero of C.P.I.(M.) in the 21st party congress organised at Vishakhapatnam in 2015. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj constituency. Earlier, he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Kolkata Uttar constituency, and lost to the Trinamool Congress.

Early life

Born in 5 June 1957 in the Kidderpore area of South Kolkata to Azizul Haque, an employee of Kolkata Port, and Ladly Haque, Salim was one of nine siblings. Their family could barely make ends meet and survival was a struggle, perhaps that is what instilled mental toughness and calmness in front of adversity, in Salim's character. From his childhood days, Salim was a studious boy, though he excelled in playing football and himself was an avid football fan. He did his schooling from St. Barnabas High School, Calcutta. Due to financial constraints, he would tutor his juniors or classmates to pay for his school fees and tiffin expenses. From his schooldays he came in contact with the communist ideology that he would be identified with in the future. After finishing his schooling he decided that he would study Humanities, so he decided to spend some time away from home during the time science stream forms were distributed. During this time, he was saved from drowning in a village in Uluberia by a woman, with whose family he still maintains contact. He joined the prestigious Maulana Azad College to study philosophy. During his college days, he became a part of the contemporary student's movement in West Bengal and became an active member of the Students' Federation of India. He was elected General Secretary of the student's union of his college immediately after re-imposition of democracy post the Indian Emergency. He has claimed that the Emergency was the most influential event in his life, which made him opt for politics. After passing out from Maulana Azad College he enrolled in Jadavpur University to obtain his Masters in Philosophy. During his days of student activism in Jadavpur, he met up with his future colleagues at CPI(M) Nilotpal Basu and Manab Mukherjee.