Md. Sohrab
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1969-1971, 1971-1972, 1977-1982, 1996-2001
ConstituencySuti
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2016
ConstituencyJangipur
Personal details
Born8 July 1932
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Village: Mongaljan, PO Ghorsala, PS: Raghunathganj, District: Murshidabad.

Md. Sohrab is a Congress politician, five-time MLA and Congress legislature party leader in the West Bengal state assembly.

Personal life

Md. Sohrab, son of Yar Mohammad, is a post-graduate and is a retired head-teacher.[1][2]

Political career

He was elected to the West Bengal state assembly from Suti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1969,[3] 1971,[4] 1977[5] and 1996,[6] as a Congress candidate.

When he was not given a party ticket to contest in 2001, he filed his nomination in the same constituency as a rebel candidate and lost.[7] At that Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who has a reputation for sponsoring rebels, commented, "Do you expect my former mastermoshai Md Sohrab (rebel candidate from Suti) and five-time MLA Habibur Rahman (rebel candidate from Jangipur) to listen to me?"[8]

In 2011, he won from Jangipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[9] and was Congress legislature party leader.[10] He joined All India Trinamool Congress in 2016.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Affidavit Details of Md. Sohrab". Empowering India. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Election Watch Reporter". Md. Sohrab. My Neta. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Prisoner of rebel shadows". National – The Telegraph 26 April 2001. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Congress appeals to Didi's 'Bengali sentiment' to support Pranab". The Times of India. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  11. ↑ ...TMC here with Manas & Sohrab
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