Becharam Manna
| Becharam Manna | |
|---|---|
| MLA | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2011 |
|
| Preceded by | Bharati Mukherjee of CPI(M) |
| Constituency | Haripal |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Trinamool Congress |
| Religion | Hindu |
Becharam Manna is an Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress. He won the Haripal seat by a margin of 22,000 votes, in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly elections. The Singur seat was retained by the sitting Trinamool Congress MLA, Rabindranath Bhattacharya.[1][2]
He was the first person to challenge the Tata group at Singur, when the Nano plant was being constructed.[3] He is the convener of Krishi Jami Raksha Samiti, a group agitating for the protection of agricultural land.[4]
Background
Becharam Manna belongs to a poor family of share croppers living at Ratanpur. He studied up to class X and holds a diploma from an Industrial Training Institute. He worked in a jute mill for some time.[4] The self-declared affidavits submitted by candidates for the 2011 state assembly elections reveal that Becharam Manna is involved in twenty-two criminal cases.[5] After winning in the elections, he confirmed that at Singur land had been “forcibly taken from nearly 2,900 villagers”.[6]
References
- ^ "Haripal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ "Singur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ "Bengal polls: Singur's 'Nano' politics". NDTV 10 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ a b "The world of Becharam Manna". Times of India, 3 October 2008. 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ "87 'criminal' candidates in Bengal polls' fourth, fifth phases". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ "Singur hopes to get back 400 acres by Uttam Dutta". im4change. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
