Becharam Manna

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Becharam Manna
Becharam Manna. Ex Minister. West Bengal.jpg
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Labour
Government of West Bengal
Assumed office
10 May 2021
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byMoloy Ghatak
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byRabindranath Bhattacharjee
ConstituencySingur
In office
13 May 2011 – 2 May 2021
Preceded byBharati Mukherjee, CPI(M)
Succeeded byKarabi Manna
ConstituencyHaripal
Personal details
Political partyTrinamool Congress
Spouse(s)Karabi Manna

Becharam Manna is an Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress. He won the Haripal seat by a margin of 22,000 votes, in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly elections. The Singur seat was retained by the sitting Trinamool Congress MLA, Rabindranath Bhattacharya.[1][2] He also became Minister of State of the Agriculture Department, Government of West Bengal for few days.[3]

He was the first person to challenge the Tata group at Singur, when the Nano plant was being constructed.[4] He is the convener of Krishi Jami Raksha Samiti, a group agitating for the protection of agricultural land.[5] At 2021 Elections in West Bengal Legislative Assembly, he was made a candidate from Singur and his wife from his constituency Haripal. They both win in the election. After the election Mamta Banarjee made him Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Department of Labour (West Bengal)

Background[edit]

Becharam Manna belongs to a poor family of sharecroppers living at Ratanpur. His Education qualification is class 7 failed. He worked in a jute mill for some time.[5][6] After winning in the elections, he confirmed that at Singur land had been “forcibly taken from nearly 2,900 villagers”.[7]

References[edit]

  1. "Haripal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. "Singur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. "Singur MLA shares dais with Becharam Manna". timesofindia.com. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. "Bengal polls: Singur's 'Nano' politics". NDTV 10 April 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "The world of Becharam Manna". The Times of India. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  6. "87 'criminal' candidates in Bengal polls' fourth, fifth phases". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  7. "Singur hopes to get back 400 acres by Uttam Dutta". im4change. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

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