| Office | Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
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|---|---|
| Office | MLA
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| Term start | 20 May 2011 |
| Term end | 18 January 2012
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| Born | 1954-04-08 (age 72) |
| Born | Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
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| Political party | Indian National Congress
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| Alma mater | Berhampore College (B.Com)
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Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Baharampur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1][2][3]
Manoj Chakraborty resigned from the state cabinet on 18 January 2012.[4]
Manoj Chakraborty shot into prominence when in the 2006 state assembly elections as an independent he won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.[5]
References
- ↑ Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet. Government of West Bengal(21 May 2011).
- ↑ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
- ↑ All the Didi's men. India Today(22 May 2009).
- ↑ WB: Congress leader says Mamata govt 'dictatorial', quits. India Today 18 January 2012(18 January 2012). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ Adhir beats Cong at home. The Telegraph 12 May 2006(2006-05-12).