| Office | Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal
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| Term start | November 2012
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| Predecessor | Shyamal Mondal
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| Constituency | Kakdwip
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| Born | 1963
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress
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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.[1] On 30 September 2020, he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and thereafter hospitalized in Beleghata Infectious Disease Hospital in Kolkata.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Politics
Pakhira was first elected from Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in South 24 Parganas in 2001,[8] and again elected in 2011.[9] He was inducted as a Minister of State in charge of Sunderbans Development in November 2012.[10]
References
- ↑ Manturam Pakhira. My Neta. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid-19/amp_articleshow/78404327.cms
- ↑ https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/news-in-bengali-manturam-pakhira-is-alive-message-from-administration-creats-confusion/
- ↑ Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for Covid-19 | Deccan Herald.
- ↑ Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for COVID-19.
- ↑ https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1233237-bengal-minister-manturam-pakhira-tmc-leader-soham-chakraborty-test-positive-for-covid-19
- ↑ https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/bengal-minister-tests-coronavirus-positive-648791
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister. Business Standard 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.