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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hannan Mollah
| image = Michil r.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|1|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Howrah, West Bengal]], India
| residence = [[Howrah]]
| constituency = [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of the [[Indian Parliament]] <br /> for [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
| term2 = 1980-2009
| predecessor2 = Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharya
| successor2 = Sultan Ahmed
| office1 = Member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Politburo]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| term_start1 = April 2018
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| office = [[General Secretary]] of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All Indian Kisan Sabha]]
| term_start = 2012
| spouse = Maimoona (Abbas) Mollah
| source = <ref name=":0" />
| native_name = হান্নান মোল্লা
| native_name_lang = bn
| alma_mater = [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[University of Calcutta]]
}}

'''Hannan Mollah''' (born 3 January 1946) is an Indian politician<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/young-india-votes/news/Lok-Sabha-veterans-with-a-difference/articleshow/636425.cms| title=Lok Sabha veterans with a difference | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 April 2004 | access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> and a leader of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All Indian Kisan Sabha]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]]) eight times representing the constituency of [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]] in [[Howrah district]] of [[West Bengal]]. He is a [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Politburo Member]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)).

== Early life ==
Mollah was born on 3 January 1946 in [[Paschim Bauria]], Howrah district of [[West Bengal]] to a [[working class]] family. His father Abdul Latif Mollah was a [[Jute mill|jute-mill]] worker, who died when he was very young and he was raised by his mother Jamila Khatoon in his maternal grandparents' house. He studied at Chengail Junior Madrasa. He was active in a local club, which led him to Left Politics. He became a member of the undivided [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) in 1962 when he was 16.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Madhuparna|date=2020-12-10|title=Hannan Mollah — Presidency graduate & CPM leader who has become face of farmer protest|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/hannan-mollah-presidency-graduate-cpm-leader-who-has-become-face-of-farmer-protest/563864/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> After 1964, he joined CPI(M). He graduated with [[Master of Arts|MA]] from [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=255&lastls=14|access-date=2020-12-08|website=164.100.47.194}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=কমরেড বিভীষণ|url=https://ebela.in/state/hannan-mollah-can-cause-trouble-to-bengal-cpm-1.306546|access-date=2020-12-08|website=ebela.in|language=en}}</ref>

== Political life ==
Mollah was the general secretary of the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]] (DYFI) from 1980 to 1991. He is a member of the CPI(M), serving as West Bengal State Committee Member from 1982, Central Committee Member from 1986 and [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|politburo member of the party]] from the 21st Party Congress in April 2015. He currently serves as the General Secretary of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] (AIKS) (from 2012) and as a Joint Secretary of the All India Agricultural Workers' Union.<ref name=":0" />

He is a senior leader and a member of the working committee (highest body) of the [[All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee]] (AIKSCC) and played pivotal role in bringing together farmer unions from different parts of the country. He has been playing a leadership role in the farmers movement of India for 40 years.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Rajalakshmi|first=By T. K.|title=Hannan Mollah: ‘The poor farmers know they have no other option but to peacefully protest as long as they can’|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/interview-hannan-mollah-aikscc-poor-farmers-know-they-have-no-other-option-but-to-peacefully-protest-as-long-as-they-can-against-farm-laws-2020/article33436394.ece|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref> He is playing a senior leader in the ongoing [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|Indian farmers' protest]]. He is also part of the delegation representing the farmer protesters in the meetings with the Indian Government.<ref name=":2" />

In December 2020, a notice for arrest was issued by [[Delhi Police]] to Mollah, which [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|Kisan Sabha]] claimed as "attempt for intimidation" in background of the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|Indian farmers' protest]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-04|title=Delhi Police issues notice to Hannan Mollah, Kisan Sabha calls it attempt at intimidation|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-police-issues-notice-to-hannan-mollah-kisan-sabha-calls-it-attempt-at-intimidation-923349.html|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

When asked by journalists regarding what happened in a [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|nationally important farmers and government meeting]] on 8 December, Mollah made the notable reply - "''Kuch nahi. Murgi baethi rahi, par anda nahi diya'' (Nothing really. The chicken sat but laid no eggs)." The [[Government of India|Central Government]] and Home Minister [[Amit Shah]] was referred by chicken here. This quote gained popularity.<ref name=":1" />

Under his secretaryship, AIKS has organized massive farmer movements - [[Kisan Long March, Maharashtra|Kisan Long March]] in [[Maharashtra]] (2018), Kisan Moveement in Rajasthan (2018),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-22|title=Farmers March in Rajasthan Despite Police Crackdown|url=https://www.newsclick.in/farmers-march-rajasthan-despite-police-crackdown|access-date=2020-12-08|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref> Kisan Mukti March to Delhi (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chari|first=Mridula|title=Scroll Explainer: Why farmers are marching to Delhi|url=https://scroll.in/article/903811/scroll-explainer-why-farmers-are-marching-to-delhi|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-02|title=The Kisan Mukti March in Delhi: full coverage|url=https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/the-kisan-mukti-march-in-delhi-full-coverage/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=People's Archive of Rural India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nov 4|first1=PTI / Updated|last2=2018|last3=Ist|first3=16:30|title=kisan march: 'Kisan March' in Delhi from November 28–30, says All India Kisan Sabha general secretary Hannan Mollah {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/kisan-march-in-delhi-from-november-28-30-says-all-india-kisan-sabha-general-secretary-hannan-mollah/articleshow/66498607.cms|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and all [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|Indian farmers' protest]] (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-07|title=Nobody understands farmers' problems. Everybody is giving us advice, nobody is ready to listen to us: Hannan Mollah|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/hannan-mollah-idea-exchange-farmer-protests-farm-laws-7094428/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=দিল্লির কৃষক আন্দোলনের নেতৃত্বে থাকা হান্নান মোল্লার বিরুদ্ধে এফআইআর|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/nation/farmers-protest-fir-against-hannan-mollah-a-leftist-leader-of-the-peasant-movement-/articleshow/79561983.cms|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref>

== Electoral career ==
Mollah has been a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 2009. He won the seat of [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia constituency]] eight times in a row but lost his seat to [[Sultan Ahmed (Indian politician)|Sultan Ahmed]] of the [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 election]]. He was a member from the [[7th Lok Sabha]] to the [[14th Lok Sabha]]. He has served as the Chairman of Wakf Board, West Bengal.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
Mollah married [[All India Democratic Women's Association|AIDWA]] leader Maimoona Abbas in 1982. He has a daughter and a son.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=255&lastls=14 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

{{Eleventh to Fourteenth Lok Sabha, West Bengal}}
{{First to Tenth Lok Sabha, West Bengal}}

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