Giasuddin Molla is the

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from

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in West Bengal.

Career

In 1997,

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left the

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Party in West Bengal and founded the

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. Molla also left the Congress Party and joined newly established Trinamool Congress Party. The party won 184 of 294 seats in the

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 Ap ...

. Molla defeated Dr. Abul Hasnat of the

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to win his seat. Molla is serving as Minister of State for Minority Affairs.

References

West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 Living people 1956 births West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal People from South 24 Parganas district {{WestBengal-politician-stub