Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Jangipur
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1962 onwards Member, I.N.C. Vice-President, D.C.C.; Murshidabad Member, P.C.C., West Bengal 1969-77 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly Chairman, Estimates Committee, West Bengal Legislative Assembly Member, Public Accounts Committee, Public Undertakings and Committee on Government Assurances, West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Social and Cultural Activities : Revived abandoned Manik Chak High Madrasah; Raised contributions from public; as Honorary Headmaster, Madrasah for two years; appointed required number of teachers and paid them lugging money & crops from local people-including Zainal Abedin, Ex-M.P.; established many clubs, Libraries, more than hundred Primary Schools, High & Junior Madrasahs, High Schools, Intermediate Schools, etc.
Special Interests : Establishment of educational institutions; social peace and harmony in the locality; agricultural development such as sinking deep and shallow tube wells, river lefts in the Ganga River etc.; improvement of road communication and law and order throughout the State as M.L.A. and Social Worker
Sports and Clubs : All kind of games, especially football, cricket and Ha-do-do
Other Information : Social worker since college days i.e. 1948 onwards; Headmaster- cum-Secretary, Manik Chak High Madrasah, Murshidabad, 1956-57; Secretary, Manik Chak High Madrasah upto 1968; Constructed village Katcha roads; organising students of both college and school of the locality
Election Result : Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 10,47,225 Total votes polled 8,87,589 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Shri Mohammad Idris Ali (I.N.C.) 3,92,942 (2) Shri Zainal Abedin [C.P.I.(M)] 3,79,820 (3) Shri Shyamal Gupta (B.J.P.) 66, 095 (4) Shri Abdus Sayeed (Ind.) 8,255
