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Manoj Chakraborty

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Manoj Chakraborty
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
20 May 2011 – 18 January 2012
MLA
In office
2006–2021
Preceded byMaya Rani Paul
Succeeded bySubrata Moitra (Kanchan)
ConstituencyBaharampur
Personal details
Born (1954-04-08) 8 April 1954 (age 70)
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceKolkata
Alma materBerhampore College (B.Com)

Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Baharampur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1][2][3]

Manoj Chakraborty resigned from the state cabinet on 18 January 2012.[4]

Manoj Chakraborty shot into prominence when in the 2006 state assembly elections as an independent he won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  3. ^ Dasgupta, Abhijit (22 May 2009). "All the Didi's men". India Today. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. ^ "WB: Congress leader says Mamata govt 'dictatorial', quits". India Today 18 January 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Adhir beats Cong at home". The Telegraph 12 May 2006. Calcutta, India. 12 May 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2011.