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Abu Hena is an Indian National Congress politician, who was a cabinet minister and is a five-time Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Personal life
A post graduate with a law degree he is an advocate, practising in Calcutta High Court. He is son of Abdus Sattar, who was a cabinet minister in the Siddhartha Shankar Ray government.[1][2]
Political career
He was elected from the Lalgola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in West Bengal in 1991,[3] 1996,[4] 2001,[5] 2006[6] and 2011.[7]
He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Food Processing Industries & Horticulture in the Government of West Bengal in 2011.[8][9] Abu Hena resigned along with other Congress ministers in September 2012.[10]
He is secretary of the state Congress committee.[2]
References
- ↑ Election Watch Reporter. My Neta. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Muslim Ministers of West Bengal:An introduction. Two Circles. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
- ↑ Mamata Banerjee becomes West Bengal' first woman CM. The Indian Express, 21 May 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ Six Congress ministers Mamata Banerjee's government reigns. The Times of India, 23 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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