Biswanath Das (born 3 October 1965) is an Indian politician who has been a

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for

Jaynagar Jaynagar may refer to: * Jaynagar Majilpur, a town of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal * Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality, a municipal corporation of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal * ...

since

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. He is a member of the

All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction f ...

party.List of sitting members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
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Personal life

Biswanath Das was born on 3 October 1965, to a

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family in

Jaynagar Majilpur Jaynagar Majilpur () is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated in the southern suburbs of Kolkata. As an urban setup in the vicinity of Kolkata, the city is within the area of ...

. He is a postgraduate of the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

. He was a school teacher before entering politics.

Political career

In the 2016 Vidhan Sabha election, the

nominated Biswanath Das from the

Vidhan Sabha constituency. In this election, he defeated his nearest rival Sujit Patwari of the

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by 15,051 votes.

References

Living people 1966 births People from Jaynagar Majilpur University of Calcutta alumni Indian anti-communists Bengali Hindus Politicians from Kolkata Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal 20th-century Indian politicians West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 {{WestBengal-politician-stub