Manturam Pakhira is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sundarbans Affairs in the Council of Ministers of West Bengal. He is son of Kalipada Pakhira, he is a social worker.[1] On 30 September 2020, he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and thereafter hospitalized in Beleghata Infectious Disease Hospital in Kolkata.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Manturam Pakhira | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Shyamal Mondal |
| Constituency | Kakdwip |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Residence(s) | Bamanagar, Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India |
Politics
Pakhira was first elected from Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in South 24 Parganas in 2001,[8] and again elected in 2011.[9] He was inducted as a Minister of State in charge of Sunderbans Development in November 2012.[10]