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Abu Taher Khan

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Abu Taher Khan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
24 May 2019
Preceded byBadaruddoza Khan
ConstituencyMurshidabad
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2019
Preceded byJayanta Kumar Biswas
Succeeded bySahina Mumtaz Begum
ConstituencyNaoda
Personal details
Born (1964-11-23) 23 November 1964 (age 59)
Naoda, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (2019-Present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1992-2019)

Abu Taher Khan (Bengali: আবু তাহের খান; born 23 November 1964) is an Indian Bengali politician, agriculturalist and social worker from Murshidabad. He was former Legislator and is the current Member of Parliament from the Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency) representing the All India Trinamool Congress.[1]

Early life and education

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Khan was born in 1963 to Bengali Muslim parents in Naoda, Murshidabad district. His father was Barkatullah Khan and his mother was Sabijan Bewa. In 1980, he passed his 8th/Madhyamik under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education from Hareknagar MMCVP in Beldanga. Khan married Tanuja Khanum, and has two sons. The family also have a home in New Delhi, the country's capital.[2]He is one of prominent leaders of Murshidabad, West Bengal.

Career

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Khan's political career began when he stood up as an Indian National Congress candidate for the Naoda (Vidhan Sabha constituency) during the 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections. Khan kept this seat for 18 years, as he was able to win the elections of 2006, 2011 and 2016.

In 2019, Khan gave up his seat at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly to contest the 2019 Indian general election for the entire Murshidabad as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate. He successfully won the seat, defeating Abu Hena by 226417 votes, and officially became a Member of the Indian Parliament.

References

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  1. ^ "Abu Taher Khan MLA of NOWDA West Bengal contact address & email".
  2. ^ "Abu Taher Khan". Government of India.