Manjul Krishna Thakur (b 1952/53) is an Indian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and the present Minister of State for Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation (Independent Charge) and the Minister of State for Micro & Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles in the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

. He lives in

Thakurnagar Thakurnagar is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to the border with Bangladesh. It is situated on the east side of the Jessore Road. Thakurnagar is famous for "Baruni Mela". History Thakurnagar was actually a vast jungle ...

. He became MLA in 2011, elected from the

Gaighata Gaighata is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bangaon subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Situated on the banks of the river Jamuna, Gaighata is located ...

constituency in the

2011 West Bengal state 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. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 1 ...

. The term ended in 2016.

Kapil Krishna Thakur Kapil Krishna Thakur (1940-2014) was an Indian politician. He hailed from Thakurnagar in West Bengal. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian general election from Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal, as an All India T ...

, the former MP from Bangaon, was his elder brother. He is the second son of Matua ''Barama'' Binapani Devi. His son,

Shantanu Thakur Shantanu Thakur (born 1982) is an Indian politician, who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for Bangaon since 2019. He was sworn in as Union Minister of State, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways after the Cabinet reshuffle on 7 July 2021. ...

, was elected to Lok Sabha on BJP ticket in 2019.

Subrata Thakur Subrata Thakur is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021, he was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Gaighata(constituency). He defeated Narottam Biswas of All India Trinamool Congress The ...

, who is also Manjul Krishna's son, had contested bye-poll from

Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal and is centered on Bangaon. 5 of the 7 assembly segments of No.14 Bangaon Lok Sabha const ...

on BJP's ticket in 2015 but he came third. Manjul Krishna Thakur had himself joined BJP for 4–5 months in 2014 but was accepted back in Trinamool fold upon his request.

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