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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Minakshi Mukherjee
| image = [[File:Minakshi_Mukherjee_12.jpg|250px]]
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| birth_place = [[Kulti]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| office1 = West Bengal State Secretary, [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]
| term_start1 = 2021
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| office2 = West Bengal State President [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]
| term_start2 = 2018
| term_end2 = 2021
| education = [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in Political Science, [[Burdwan University]]
| occupation = Politician
| organization =
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
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| predecessor1 = Sayandeep Mitra
| successor2 = Dhrubjyoti Saha
| predecessor2 = Sayandeep Mitra
}}

'''Minakshi Mukherjee''' is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. She is the state secretary of the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]] (DYFI).<ref name="Anandabazar"/> She previously was the state president of DYFI,<ref name="Majumdar 2021">{{cite news |last1=Majumdar |first1=Arkamoy Datta |title=Bengal Polls 2021: Pre-midnight crowd cheers for young Left leader |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-pre-midnight-crowd-cheers-for-young-left-leader/cid/1811568 |access-date=4 October 2021 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=April 4, 2021}}</ref> the youth wing of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-03-12|title=A Minakshi in the battle of Goliaths|last=Chowdhury|first= Santanu|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/a-minakshi-in-the-battle-of-goliaths-7224980/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> She was fielded as the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] candidate from [[Sanjukta Morcha]] against [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] [[Mamata Banerjee]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] Leader [[Suvendu Adhikari]] in the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election]] from [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]], but lost to Suvendu Adhikari.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=KolkataMarch 10|first1=India Today Web Desk|last2=March 10|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 22:48|title=Bengal polls: CPI(M) declares Minakshi Mukherjee as its candidate from Nandigram|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/bengal-polls-cpi-m-declares-meenakshi-mukherjee-as-its-candidate-from-nandigram-1777836-2021-03-10|access-date=2021-03-13|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=CPM nominates Minakshi Mukherjee from Nandigram|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/cpm-nominates-minakshi-mukherjee-from-nandigram-223653|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=CPI(M) fields Minakshi Mukherjee against Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/cpim-fields-minakshi-mukherjee-against-mamata-banerjee-suvendu-adhikari-from-nandigram/articleshow/81433336.cms|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Minakshi was born in [[Kulti]], [[West Bengal]]. She completed schooling at Jaladhi Kumari Devi Uchcha Balika Vidyalaya in Kulti.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Nishant |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Key candidates in poll fray amid high-octane battle for eastern state |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/west-bengal/article/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-key-candidates-in-poll-fray-amid-high-octane-battle-for-eastern-state/737869 |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=TimesNowNews |date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> Her graduation was from [[Banwarilal Bhalotia College]] Asansol and she later completed a master's degree in [[Political Science]] from [[Burdwan University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Nandigram 2021">{{cite news|title=Minakshi Mukerjee seeks to regain CPI(M)'s lost glory in Nandigram amid clash of titans |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/minakshi-mukerjee-seeks-regain-cpi-074240072.html |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=Yahoo News |agency=PTI |date=30 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="FP 2021">{{cite news |last1=FP Research |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Minakshi Mukherjee profile: CPM candidate to battle heavyweights Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-minakshi-mukherjee-profile-cpm-candidate-to-battle-heavyweights-mamata-banerjee-suvendu-adhikari-9450081.html |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=FirstPost |date=March 23, 2021}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Minakshi Mukherjee started her activism through [[Students' Federation of India]] in her college days.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CM ममता बनर्जी और BJP का खेल बिगाड़ने आई यह लड़की, जानिए कौन है जो नौकरी छोड़कर लड़ रही चुनाव|url=https://hindi.asianetnews.com/other-states/west-bengal-election-left-alliance-gave-ticket-meenakshi-mukherjee-from-nandigram-against-mamata-banerjee-kpr-qpt6k7|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=মনোনয়ন জমা দিলেন নন্দীগ্রামের বামপ্রার্থী মীনাক্ষী|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/news/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-cpim-candidate-of-nandigram-minakshi-mukherjee-files-her-nomination/articleshow/81467055.cms|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref> She was later inducted into the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]] (DYFI) local committee in 2008.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Nandigram 2021" /> Her leadership and public speaking skills helped her rise within DYFI, and by 2018, she became the state president of DYFI in West Bengal.<ref name="FP 2021" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Election 2021: 'দাদা' 'দিদি'-র বিরুদ্ধে নন্দীগ্রামে লড়বেন যুবনেত্রী মীনাক্ষি|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/news/dyfi-west-bengal-state-president-minakshi-mukherjee-will-contest-from-nandigram-seat/articleshow/81432259.cms|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref> In the same year, she also joined the state committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in West Bengal.<ref name=":0" />

In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election]], she contested as the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate in the high-profile constituency [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]],<ref name="Mitra 2021">{{cite news |last1=Mitra |first1=Atri |title=In Nandigram high decibel battle, a faint cheer for CPM |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/in-nandigram-high-decibel-battle-a-faint-cheer-for-cpm-7249765/ |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> against the Trinamool Congress supremo [[Mamata Banerjee]] (the [[West Bengal]] [[Chief Minister]]) and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate [[Suvendu Adhikari]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Dharmendra Pradhan, Smriti Irani by side, Suvendu Adhikari files papers|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/dharmendra-pradhan-smriti-irani-by-side-suvendu-adhikari-files-papers-224384|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Shiv Sahay|date=2021-03-10|title=West Bengal Assembly elections {{!}} Mamata Banerjee files nomination from Nandigram|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/west-bengal-assembly-election-mamata-banerjee-files-nomination-from-nandigram/article34035419.ece|access-date=2021-03-13|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Assembly polls 2021: CPI(M) fields Minakshi Mukherjee against Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021-cpim-fields-minakshi-mukherjee-against-mamata-banerjee-suvendu-adhikari|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref> Minakshi represented the Left-Congress-ISF alliance ([[Sanjukta Morcha]]) in [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Vidhan Sabha election]].<ref name="Dwary 2021">{{cite news |last1=Dwary |first1=Anurag |title=Meet The 36-Year-Old Up Against Mamata Banerjee, Ex-Aide Suvendu Adhikari |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/meet-36-year-old-minakshi-mukherjee-up-against-mamata-banerjee-ex-aide-suvendu-adhikari-2401290 |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=NDTV |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Quint|first=The|date=2021-03-10|title=CPI(M)'s Minakshi Mukherjee to Contest From Nandigram|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/bengal-polls-cpims-minakshi-mukherjee-to-contest-nandigram|access-date=2021-03-13|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref>

On 11 February 2021, she participated in the [[2021 Nabanna Abhijan]] from College Street to protest for jobs that was intended to present a list of demands to chief minister [[Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016-2021)|Mamata Banerjee]] at Nabanna, which ended with conflicting claims of how many protesters were hospitalized after the police responded, and prompted a 12-hour strike by the Left Front against what they described as police brutality.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Police and Left youths clash, bandh today|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/police-and-left-youths-clash-bandh-today/cid/1806436|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The injuries of the Nabanna protestors became a political issue in the upcoming election, and Mukherjee continued to emphasize the need for jobs in her campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remixing songs, reinventing a party: How the Left is trying to draw Bengal's millennials|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/mar/08/remixing-a-song-reinventing-a-party-how-the-left-is-trying-to-draw-bengals-millennials-2273900.html|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengal Polls: নন্দীগ্রামে মীনাক্ষী, জামুড়িয়ায় জেএনইউয়ের ঐশী, যুব মুখেই ভরসা সিপিএমের|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election/wb-election-cpm-congress-isf-alliance-selects-dyfi-state-president-minakshi-mukherjee-for-nandigram-seat-against-mamata-banerjee-suvendu-adhikari-dgtl/cid/1270361|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref> However, she did not win the election.

On 5 October 2021, she became the first woman to serve as the state secretary of the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]].<ref name="Anandabazar">{{cite news |title=DYFI brings Minakshi Mukherjee to secretary post |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/dyfi-brings-minakshi-mukherjee-to-secretary-post/cid/1307225 |access-date=13 November 2021 |work=Anandabazar |date=October 5, 2021 |language=Bengali}}</ref>

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