Nihar Ranjan Ghosh

Nihar Ranjan Ghosh
Former Chairman of English Bazar Municipality
In office
November 2017 – July 2021
Preceded byKrishnendu Narayan Choudhury
Succeeded bySumala Agarwala
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byAsif Mehbub
ConstituencyChanchal
In office
2016–2021
Preceded byKrishnendu Narayan Choudhury
Succeeded bySreerupa Mitra Choudhury
ConstituencyEnglish Bazar
Personal details
Born (1955-08-11) 11 August 1955 (age 69)
Malda
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (2017-present)
Independent (2006-2017)
Residence(s)English Bazar, Malda
Alma materAkrumoni Coronation Institution (H.S)

Nihar Ranjan Ghosh (born 11 August 1955) is an Indian politician who currently serves as Member of Legislative Assembly from Chanchal constituency and also served as Member of Legislative Assembly from English Bazar constituency.[1] He joined All India Trinamool Congress[2] party in November 2017.

Early life

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Ghosh was born to Suresh Ghosh who was a middle class person in Malda district.[citation needed] Ghosh passed 12th from Akrumoni Coronation Institution.[citation needed]

Political career

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Ghosh is many times councillor in English Bazar Municipality as an Independent and his wife is also a councillor with his support. In 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly general election he won the English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) seat with support of CPIM and Congress as an Independent party candidate. In November 2016 he joined West Bengal ruling party All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) as proposed by TMC leader Mamata Banerjee.

References

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  1. ^ "List of MLA's Elected from Malda District to the WBLA-2016" (PDF). malda.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Ghosh joint TMC in Malda". www.english.kolkata24x7.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.