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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Isha Khan Choudhury <br /> ইশা খান চৌধুরী
| image = File:Isha Khan Choudhury.jpg
| image size =
| caption=
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|05|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Malda district|Malda]], India
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| Children =
| nationality = Indian
| office = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sujapur]]
| term_start = 2016
| term_end = 2021
| predecessor = [[Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury]]
| successor = [[Md. Abdul Ghani]]
| office1 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baisnabnagar]]
| term_start1 = 2011
| term_end1 = 2016
| predecessor1 = New Seat
| module =
| residence = [[Sahazalalpur]]
| parents = [[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]] (father)
| relations = [[A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]] (uncle)<br />
[[Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury]] (uncle)<br />
[[Rubi Noor]] (aunt)<br />
[[Mausam Noor]] (cousin)
| spouse = Sayeda Saleha Noor
| alma_mater = [[York University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])
}}
'''Isha Khan Choudhury''' is an Indian politician from the state of [[West Bengal]]. He represented the [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sujapur constituency]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He comes from a political family with his father and uncle being former cabinet ministers in the central government.

== Personal life ==
Khan Choudhury spent the early years of his life in [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=In Sujapur, it's all in Barkatda's family|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/westbengal2016/in-sujapur-its-all-in-barkatdas-family/article8478219.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 September 2017|date=15 April 2016}}</ref> His [[Bengali Muslim]] father is [[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]]. He has two uncles , [[A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]] and [[Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury]]. His cousin [[Mausam Noor]] (daughter of Ghani Khan Choudhury's sister) is a [[Member of Indian Parliament]]. All of them are members of the [[Indian National Congress]] except Abu Nasar who defected to the [[Trinamool Congress]] party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Whichever the party, all politics in Malda is still about only one family|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/whichever-the-party-all-politics-in-malda-is-still-about-only-one-family/|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=8 September 2017|date=14 April 2016}}</ref> The Khan Choudhury brothers are former cabinet ministers in the central government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Congress fights comparison with Malda's king Khan|url=http://hindustantimes.com/kolkata/congress-fights-comparison-with-malda-s-king-khan/story-Ajb2H3DPevkG1Oj82nwxnM.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|access-date=8 September 2017|date=22 July 2013}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011 West Bengal Assembly election]], Khan Choudhury emerged victorious from the [[Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baishnabnagar constituency]] as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Winners in West Bengal 2011|url=http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default|publisher=My Neta|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> In the election, he defeated a Hindu candidate fielded by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 West Bengal Assembly election]], he contested from the [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sujapur constituency]]. He said that he took this decision on "on the direction of the party high command".<ref>{{cite web|title=Anxiety in Bengal as radicalism gathers speed|url=http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/4110-anxiety-bengal-radicalism-gathers-speed|publisher=Sunday Guardian|access-date=8 September 2017|date=10 April 2016}}</ref> He was pitted against his own uncle Abu Nasar who switched to the [[Trinamool Congress]] party. During his election campaign he said that his uncle did not work for the benefit of the citizens and hence claimed that they were therefore supporting the Congress party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sujapur witnesses Kotwali family fight|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160317/jsp/siliguri/story_74946.jsp|publisher=Telegraph India|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> In the election, he defeated his uncle after he secured 97 thousand votes compared to his uncle's 50 thousand votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sujapur Assembly Elections 2016 Latest News & Results|url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/|publisher=India|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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