Mohammed Salim (born 5 June 1957) is an Indian politician who is the State Secretary in West Bengal of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

. In 2015, he was inducted into the politburo of CPI(M) at the 21st party congress held in

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.. He was a member of the

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, representing

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. Earlier, he was a member of the

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, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency and lost to

Sudip Bandyopadhyay Sudip Bandyopadhyay (born 6 January 1949) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament. Sudip Bandyopadhyay has been a member of the Lok Sabha for five terms, serving in the 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Lok Sabhas. He represent ...

of the

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.Partywise Trends & Result
Election Commission of India. 2005 He participated in the

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as a candidate from the Left Front representing the

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Early life

Born on 5 June 1957 in the

Kidderpore Khidirpur or Kidderpore is a neighbourhood of Kolkata, South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Etymology Most plausibly, the name is a corruption of ''Khidrpur'' or ''Khizarpur' ...

area of

South Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary fin ...

to Azizul Haque, an employee of

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, and Ladly Haque, Salim was one of nine siblings. He did his schooling from St. Barnabas High School, Calcutta. Afterwards he studied

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

. During this time, he was saved from drowning in a village in

Uluberia Uluberia is a city and a municipality of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Uluberia subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History In ...

by a woman, with whose family he still maintains contact.

Political career

He joined the

Maulana Azad College Maulana Azad College is a government college of liberal arts, commerce and science in India, located in central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The college is fully government-administered. It is located near the junction of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road an ...

in Kolkata to study

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. During his college days, he became a part of the contemporary student's movement in

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and became an active member of the

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. He was elected general secretary of the students' union of his college immediately after re-imposition of democracy post the

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. He has stated that the Emergency was the most influential event in his life, which made him opt for politics. After passing out from Maulana Azad College, he enrolled in

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University ( abbr. JU) is a public state funded research university with its main campus located at Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 25 July in 1906 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into ...

to obtain his master's degree in philosophy. During his days of student activism in Jadavpur, he met up with his future colleagues at

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and Manab Mukherjee. He served as the President of Kolkata district committee of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (D.Y.F.I.) during 1983-1989. He also served as the General Secretary of the DYFI from 1991 to 2001. He was elected to the

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from

in 1990 and served two terms till 2001. In the West Bengal assembly elections held in 2001, he was elected from the

Entally Entally (also spelt Entali) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was considered close to the area which was home to the poor and the depressed castes.Nair, P. Thankappan in ''The Gro ...

. He served as the Minister for Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment till 2004. In the 14th General Elections held in 2004, he won from the Calcutta North East constituency of

and served as the deputy leader of the

Lok Sabha group. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency, and lost to

of the

. He was a member of the

, representing

constituency. In

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he again contested from Raiganj but lost to

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gathering only 14.25% votes and losing his security deposit after coming third. He also served as the deputy leader of the

Lok Sabha group between 2004 and 2009 and again between 2014 and 2019. He also contested from the

Chanditala Chanditala is a village in Chanditala II community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India, Chanditala had a population of 3,984 of wh ...

Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the

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, but lost to actor Swati Khandoker of TMC with a margin over 60,000 votes. He was also elected to the Central Committee of the

in 1998. He was later inducted in the state committee and state secretariat in 2006. He was elected to the politburo of C.P.I.(M.) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015. In 2022, he was elected as Secretary of West Bengal state committee of CPI(M). He has led efforts to rejuvenate the party in West Bengal after it was routed in the

Electoral history

Salim has been elected as Member of Parliament,

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twice and served as a Member of Parliament,

for two terms. He was also elected as

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from the

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Personal life

Salim is married to Dr. Rosina Khatun. The couple has two sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salim, Mohammed Living people 1957 births 21st-century Indian Muslims Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal India MPs 2004–2009 Politicians from Kolkata Maulana Azad College alumni University of Calcutta alumni India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from West Bengal People from Uttar Dinajpur district 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis DYFI All India Presidents West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 State cabinet ministers of West Bengal

Early life

Political career

Electoral history

Personal life

See also

References