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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Abu Ayesh Mondal
| office1 = Chairman of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation
| term_start1 = 7 June 2011
| term_end1 = 9 December 2014
| term_start2 = 25 July 2017
| term_end2 =
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 2006
| term_end3 = 2009
| constituency3 = [[Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katwa]]
| predecessor3 = [[Mahboob Zahedi]]
| successor3 = ''Constituency Dissolved''
| office4 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start4 = 1991
| term_end4 = 2006
| constituency4 = [[Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manteswar]]
| predecessor4 = Hemanta Roy
| successor4 = Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|01|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Akbarnagar, [[Burdwan district|Burdwan]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
}}

'''Abu Ayesh Mondal''' (born 6 January 1944) is an [[India]]n politician from [[West Bengal]] belonging to [[All India Trinamool Congress]]. He is a former member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] and [[Lok Sabha]]. He is the incumbent chairman of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation.

==Early life and education==
Mondal was born on 6 January 1944 at Akbarnagar in [[Burdwan district|Burdwan]] to Abdul Ohid Mondal and Ashema Khatun.<ref name=a>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4213&lastls=14
|title=Members Bioprofile
|website=Lok Sabha |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> He graduated from [[University of Calcutta]] in mathematics.

==Career==
Mondal was elected as a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manteswar]] in 1991, 1996 and 2001 as a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work = Constituency-wise Data| publisher = Election Commission| access-date = 1 November 2014| archive-date = 4 April 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140404202029/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014 | archive-date = 7 August 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160807000235/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =1 November 2014 | archive-date =5 March 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154127/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref> He was also elected as a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katwa]] in 2006 bypoll as a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/19wb.htm|title=Left retains two seats in W Bengal bypolls|date=19 September 2006|access-date=14 February 2020|website=rediff.com}}</ref>

Mondal was expelled from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] for alleged anti-party activities.<ref>{{cite news|website=News18|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/cpi-m-expels-bengal-mp-for-anti-party-activities-310323.html
|date=5 March 2009|access-date=14 February 2020|title=CPI-M expels Bengal MP for 'anti-party activities'}}</ref> Later, he joined [[Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|website=The Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mamata-gets-full-marx/431575/
|date=6 March 2009|access-date=14 February 2020|title=Mamata gets full Marx}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=The Times of India|title=Expelled MP in Trinamool inner circle
|date=6 March 2009|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/Expelled-MP-in-Trinamool-inner-circle/articleshow/4231510.cms}}</ref>

Mondal was appointed as the chairman of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation on 7 June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|website=West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation|title=New Chairman of WBMDFC|access-date=14 February 2020|url=http://www.wbmdfc.org/article/new-chairman-of-wbmdfc.html|date=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208235041/http://wbmdfc.org/article/new-chairman-of-wbmdfc.html|archive-date=8 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He served the post till 9 December 2014.<ref name=b/> He was appointed again as the chairman of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation on 25 July 2017.<ref>{{cite news|website=Aajkaal|title=সংখ্যালঘু কমিশনের নতুন চেয়ারম্যান|date=19 July 2017|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://www.aajkaal.in/news/state/abu-ayesh-mondal-new-chairman-35ou|language=bn|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213184055/https://www.aajkaal.in/news/state/abu-ayesh-mondal-new-chairman-35ou|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=Anandabazar Patrika|title=সংখ্যালঘু কমিশনের মাথায় আবু আয়েশ
|date=19 July 2017|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/abu-ayesh-mondal-becomes-chairman-of-minorities-development-finance-corporation-1.644519|language=bn}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mondal was married to Sanowara Khatun on 18 June 1962.<ref name=a/> They have three sons and two daughters.

==Controversy==
On July 2013 an employee of West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation alleged that Modal called her bad names over telephone.<ref>{{cite news|website=Ei Samay|title=অশালীন ভাষা ব্যবহারের নালিশ সংখ্যালঘু বিত্ত নিগম-কর্তার নামে
|date=3 July 2013|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/complaints-of-offensive-language-financial-corporation/articleshow/20888862.cms|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=The Telegraph|title=Act or face Abu's acid tongue
|date=3 July 2013|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/act-or-face-abus-acid-tongue/cid/285433}}</ref> On December 2014 it was alleged that he beat a toll plaza employee with his shoe.<ref>{{cite news|website=Hindustan Times|title=TMC leader thrashes toll plaza attendant
|date=8 December 2014|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india/tmc-leader-thrashes-toll-plaza-attendant/story-wnFuepqjiG2GrK9voB1XKP.html
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=The Indian Express|title=TMC leader 'beats' toll plaza employee with shoe
|date=9 December 2014|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/tmc-leader-beats-toll-plaza-employee-with-shoe/}}</ref> After this allegation he resigned from West Bengal Minority Development & Finance Corporation.<ref name=b>{{cite news|website=Anandabazar Patrika|language=bn|title=ইস্তফা দিতেই হল আবুকে
|date=11 December 2014|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/ইস-তফ-দ-ত-ই-হল-আব-ক-1.94965}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=Ei Samay|title=অব্যাহতি চেয়ে দলকে চিঠি আবু আয়েশের
|date=11 December 2014|access-date=14 February 2020|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/tmc-leader-abu-ayesh-begs-apology-in-letter-addressed-to-party-hierarchy/articleshow/45463074.cms|language=bn
}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:People from Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]

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