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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Pijush Kanti Mukherjee''' was an [[India]]n politician and [[trade union]]ist. He won a seat in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in the first six consecutive elections held after Independence. He was the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1971.<br />
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==Legislator and trade unionist==<br />
Around time of merger of the [[Cooch Behar State]] with the [[Dominion of India]], Mukherjee was a leading figure in [[Alipurduar]] in the movement for a merger of Cooch Behar State into [[West Bengal]].<ref>Sukhabilāsa Barmā. ''[https://books.google.at/books?id=PejZAAAAMAAJ Socio-political Movements in North Bengal: A Sub-Himalayan Tract, Vol. 1]''. Global Vision Publishing House, 2007. p. 76</ref> He was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from the [[Alipurduars Assembly constituency|Alipurduars constituency]] in the [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]], [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]] and [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]] elections.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203741/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1952 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404201835/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193601/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref> He was a member of the General Council of the [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]] (INTUC).<ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=mIgCAAAAIAAJ Report - Indian National Trade Union Congress]''. Indian National Trade Union Congress, 1964. p. xii</ref><br />
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He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Kumargram Assembly constituency|Kumargram constituency]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]], [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]] and [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]] elections.<ref name=wbelec>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ Election Results of West Bengal: Statistics & Analysis, Vol. 1]''. p. 452</ref> When the Indian National Congress underwent a split in 1969, Mukherjee sided with the [[Indian National Congress (R)|Requisitionists]] led by [[Indira Gandhi]]. The INC(R) president [[Chidambaram Subramaniam|C. Subramaniam]] declared the [[West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee]] suspended and set up a three-man committee consisting of K.K. Shukla , Pijush Mukherjee and [[Abdus Sattar (Murshidabad politician)|Abdus Sattar]] to lead the party in West Bengal.<ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=HoZAAAAAMAAJ Institute of Political and Social Studies Bulletin, Vol. 4]''. Institute of Political and Social Studies<br />
1969. p. 92</ref><br />
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==Deputy Speaker==<br />
On May 3, 1971, following the 1971 election, Mukherjee was elected Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.<ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=uv6BAAAAMAAJ The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54]''. Indian Political Science Association, 1993. p. 102</ref> He obtained 142 votes, against 130 votes for [[Mohammed Elias Razi]] of the [[Workers Party of India]].<ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=8hgP90l35MgC The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 17]''. Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1971. p. 133</ref> Mukherjee remained in the post as Deputy Speaker until June 25, 1971.<ref>C. K. Jain. ''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=ff2KAAAAMAAJ The Union and State Legislatures in India]''. Allied Publishers, 1993. p. 885</ref><br />
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==Later years==<br />
He contested the Alipurduars seat in the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], but this time as the [[Janata Party]] candidate. He finished in third place with 8,808 votes (15.56%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203744/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?id=VFm4AAAAIAAJ Who's who in 1982 Assembly Election, West Bengal: Personalities and Party Manifesto]''. Merchants' Club, 1982. p. 33</ref><br />
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Mukherjee died in 1998.<ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=uCKOAAAAMAAJ The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 44]''. Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1998. p. 483</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Pijushkanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya]], a degree college in [[Sonapur, Alipurduar|Sonapur]], [[Alipurduar district]].<br />
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