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Manturam Pakhira
Manturam Pakhira | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Shyamal Mondal |
| Constituency | Kakdwip |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Residence | Vill & PO Bamanagar, PS Kakdwip |
Manturam Pakhira is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sundarbans Affairs in the Council of Ministers of West Bengal. He is son of Kalipada Pakhira, he is a social worker.[1] On 30 September 2020, he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and thereafter hospitalized in Beleghata Infectious Disease Hospital in Kolkata.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Politics[edit | edit source]
Pakhira was first elected from Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in South 24 Parganas in 2001,[8] and again elected in 2011.[9] He was inducted as a Minister of State in charge of Sunderbans Development in November 2012.[10]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Manturam Pakhira". My Neta. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid-19/amp_articleshow/78404327.cms
- ↑ https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/news-in-bengali-manturam-pakhira-is-alive-message-from-administration-creats-confusion/
- ↑ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for Covid-19 | Deccan Herald".
- ↑ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for COVID-19".
- ↑ https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1233237-bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid-19
- ↑ https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/bengal-minister-tests-coronavirus-positive-648791
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ "Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister". Business Standard 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
