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Manturam Pakhira

Manturam Pakhira
Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal
In office
November 2012 – May 2016
Preceded byShyamal Mondal
ConstituencyKakdwip
Personal details
Born1963 (age 61–62)
NationalityIndian
Political partyTrinamool Congress
Residence(s)Bamanagar, Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India

Manturam Pakhira is a 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

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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

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  1. ^ "Manturam Pakhira". My Neta. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Manturam Pakhira: West Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for Covid-19 | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "করোনা আক্রান্ত হয়ে মন্টুরাম পাখিরার 'মৃত্যু'তে শোকপ্রকাশ মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর, ভুল বুঝেই ডিলিট বার্তা".
  4. ^ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for Covid-19 | Deccan Herald". 30 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for COVID-19".
  6. ^ "Bengal minister Manturam Pakhira, TMC leader Soham Chakraborty test positive for COVID-19 | Health".
  7. ^ "Bengal minister tests Coronavirus positive". 30 September 2020.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Mamata reshuffles ministry, drops one minister". Business Standard India. Business Standard 22 November 2012. Press Trust of India. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014.


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