Md. Sohrab

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

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.

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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