Manohar Tirkey (born 20 November 1953) is an Indian politician and a member of the

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14t ...

. He was elected on a Revolutionary Socialist Party ticket from

Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal. While five assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency are in Alipurd ...

. The son of the late Leba Tirkey and late Sundhari Tirkey, he was born at Satali Tea Garden in

Jalpaiguri district Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of Ja ...

on 20 November 1953. He was educated at St. Joseph’s High School, Alipurduars. While in school he was the best player in the B.C.Roy Trophy. An active trade unionist, he is General Secretary of Dooars Cha Bagan Workers’ Union and North Bengal Forest Majdur Union (both affiliated with UTUC) and is a member of the state committee of UTUC and RSP. As a member of the Lok Sabha, he is member of the Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment and Committee on Government Assurances. Earlier, he was elected to the West Bengal state assembly from Kalchini (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2006, 1996, 1991 and 1982. He was minister of state for PWD in 1996–2001 and in the Left Front Ministry in West Bengal in 2006.

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Living people Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians India MPs 2009–2014 People from Jalpaiguri district 1953 births Lok Sabha members from West Bengal State cabinet ministers of West Bengal Revolutionary Socialist Party candidates in the 2014 Indian general election People from Alipurduar West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982 West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987 West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996 West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001 West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 {{WestBengal-politician-stub