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| name = Manjul Krishna Thakur<br />
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| birth_place = Thakurnagar<br />
| residence = [[Kolkata]]<br />
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| office = Minister of State for Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation (Independent Charge)<br />
| term_start = May 20, 2011<br />
| term_end = 2015<br />
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| Governor = [[M. K. Narayanan]]<br />
| office2 = Minister of State for Micro & Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles<br />
| term_start2 = May 20, 2011<br />
| term_end2 = 2015<br />
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| Governor2 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]<br />
| term_start3 = May 13, 2011<br />
| term_end3 = 2016<br />
| constituency3 = [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]]<br />
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| Governor3 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]<br />
| party =[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| otherparty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />
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| children = [[Subrata Thakur]], [[Shantanu Thakur]]<br />
| father = [[Pramatha Ranjan Thakur]]<br />
| mother = [[Boro Maa]]<br />
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'''Manjul Krishna Thakur''' (b 1952/53) is an Indian [[politician]] and the present Minister of State for Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation (Independent Charge) and the Minister of State for Micro & Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles in the [[Government of West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|title=Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet|accessdate=22 May 2011|publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]]|date=21 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view|archivedate=5 October 2011}}</ref> He lives in [[Thakurnagar]].<br />
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He became MLA in 2011, elected from the [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]] constituency in the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]]. The term ended in 2016.<br />
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[[Kapil Krishna Thakur]], the former MP from Bangaon, was his elder brother. He is the second son of Matua ''Barama'' [[Boro Maa|Binapani Devi]].<ref name=toi>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Matua-MP-from-Bongaon-passes-away-in-Kolkata-hospital/articleshow/44806133.cms|title = Matua MP from Bongaon passes away in Kolkata hospital |publisher= The Times of India, 14 October 2014| accessdate = 14 October 2014}}</ref> His son, [[Shantanu Thakur]], was elected to Lok Sabha on BJP ticket in 2019. [[Subrata Thakur]], who is also Manjul Krishna's son, had contested bye-poll from [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)]] on BJP's ticket in 2015 but he came third.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/former-tmc-minister-manjul-krishna-thakur-wants-to-rejoin-tmc-dumps-bjp/|title = Former TMC minister Manjul Krishna Thakur wants to rejoin TMC, dumps BJP|date = 24 April 2015}}</ref> Manjul Krishna Thakur had himself joined BJP for 4–5 months in 2014 but was accepted back in Trinamool fold upon his request.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/former-tmc-minister-manjul-krishna-thakur-wants-to-rejoin-tmc-dumps-bjp/|title = Former TMC minister Manjul Krishna Thakur wants to rejoin TMC, dumps BJP|date = 24 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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