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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manturam Pakhira
| caption =
| birth_date = 1963
| birth_place =
| residence = Vill & PO Bamanagar, PS Kakdwip
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kakdwip]]
| office = [[Department of Sundarban Affairs (West Bengal)|Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start = November 2012
| predecessor = [[Shyamal Mondal]]
| successor =
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse=
| children =
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'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=734|title=Manturam Pakhira|publisher=My Neta|access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref> On 30 September 2020, he has been diagnosed with [[COVID-19]] and thereafter hospitalized in Beleghata Infectious Disease Hospital in Kolkata.<ref>https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid-19/amp_articleshow/78404327.cms</ref><ref>https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/news-in-bengali-manturam-pakhira-is-alive-message-from-administration-creats-confusion/</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid-19-895233.html| title = Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for Covid-19 {{!}} Deccan Herald}} </ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid19/1945876| title = Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for COVID-19}} </ref><ref>https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1233237-bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid-19</ref><ref>https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/bengal-minister-tests-coronavirus-positive-648791</ref>

== Politics ==
Pakhira was first elected from [[Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in South 24 Parganas in 2001,<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|publisher=Election Commission|work=Constituency-wise Data|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> and again elected in 2011.<ref name="vidhansabha2011">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title=General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission|work=Constituency-wise Data|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> He was inducted as a Minister of State in charge of Sunderbans Development in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/mamata-reshuffles-ministry-drops-one-minister-112112200043_1.html |title = Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister |publisher= Business Standard 22 November 2012| access-date = 29 October 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from South 24 Parganas district]]
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