| Mohammed Salim | |
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| State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Surjya Kanta Mishra |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Succeeded by | Debasree Chaudhuri |
| Constituency | Raiganj |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ajit Kumar Panja |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Calcutta North East |
| Minister for Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 16 May 2001 – 17 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Satyasadhan Chakraborty |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Sultan Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Md. Abu Sufayen |
| Constituency | Entally |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1990 – 16 May 2001 | |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-06-05) 5 June 1957 (age 67) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party |  Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse | Dr. Rosina Khatun |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Kolkata |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta Jadavpur University |
| Website | mdsalim.org |
| As of 17 September, 2006Source: | |
Mohammed Salim (born 5 June 1957) is an Indian politician, who is the incumbent State Secretary in West Bengal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was inducted in the politburo of CPI(M) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015. He was a Member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj constituency. Earlier, he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, 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 of the Trinamool Congress. Mohammed Salim is contesting the 2024 Indian general election as the Left Front candidate from the Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).
Early life
Born on 5 June 1957 in the Kidderpore area of South Kolkata to Azizul Haque, an employee of Kolkata Port, and Ladly Haque, Salim was one of nine siblings. He did his schooling from St. Barnabas High School, Calcutta. Afterwards he studied Humanities. During this time, he was saved from drowning in a village in Uluberia by a woman, with whose family he still maintains contact.
Political career
He joined the Maulana Azad College in Kolkata to study philosophy. During his college days, he became a part of the contemporary student's movement in West Bengal and became an active member of the Students' Federation of India. He was elected general secretary of the students' union of his college immediately after re-imposition of democracy post the Indian Emergency. 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 to obtain his master's degree in philosophy. During his days of student activism in Jadavpur, he met up with his future colleagues at CPI(M) Nilotpal Basu 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 Rajya Sabha from West Bengal in 1990 and served two terms till 2001.
In the West Bengal assembly elections held in 2001, he was elected from the Entally. 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 West Bengal and served as the deputy leader of the CPI(M) Lok Sabha group. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency, and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress.
He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj constituency. In 2019 Indian general election he again contested from Raiganj but lost to Debasree Chaudhuri of Bharatiya Janata Party gathering only 14.25% votes and losing his security deposit after coming third. He also served as the deputy leader of the CPI(M) Lok Sabha group between 2004 and 2009 and again between 2014 and 2019. He also contested from the Chanditala Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 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 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
Electoral history
Salim has been elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha twice and served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for two terms. He was also elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from the Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Personal life
Salim is married to Dr. Rosina Khatun. The couple has two sons.
See also
References
- ^ "Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch". Archived from the original on 5 September 2004.
- ^ "General Elections to Lok Sabha 2014 Constituency Wise Trends & Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Partywise Trends & Result. Election Commission of India. 2005
- ^ "Selim drowns in Mamata wave". The Statesman, 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- "Left Front fields Md. Salim from Murshidabad". West Bengal. The Hindu. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- "All but one Left Front candidates set to lose their security deposit in West Bengal". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- "A Ministry of promise". Frontline. 9 June 2001. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- 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