Md. Sohrab

Md. Sohrab
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1969-1971, 1971-1972, 1977-1982, 1996-2001
Constituency Suti
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2011
Constituency Jangipur
Personal details
Born 1933
Political party Indian National Congress
Residence 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]

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". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. "Prisoner of rebel shadows". National – The Telegraph 26 April 2001. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. "Congress appeals to Didi's 'Bengali sentiment' to support Pranab". The Times of India, 11June 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.