Jakir Hossain | |
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Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Minister of state | |
Assumed office 20 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Md. Sohrab |
Constituency | Jangipur |
Personal details | |
Born | Murshidabad,India | 28 June 1979
Political party | Trinamool Congress |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress |
Residence | Kolkata |
Alma mater | West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling |
Occupation | Politician,businessman |
Jakir Hossain (born 28 June 1979) is an Indian politician and businessman from West Bengal,who is serving as a member of the West Bengal Assembly from Jangipur seat in Murshidabad. [1] A member of Trinamool Congress,he served as Minister of State of Labour until 2021.
Hossain was born on 28 June 1979 in Murshidabad,West Bengal. His father was Jayed Ali Biswas. He completed his education in the 10th Class from The West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling in December 2009. [2]
Hossain has a rice and beedi business. [3] He was closely associated with the Indian National Congress but later shifted to Trinamool Congress. [3] In the 2016 elections,he was elected from the Jangipur seat. In 2018 he was appointed as Minister of State from the Labour Department. Before the 2021 elections,he was waiting at platform number 2 in Nimtita Railway Station to catch a train to Kolkata around 10 pm on 17 February,but a crude bomb exploded,and was injured. [4] Police detained a Bangladeshi person as a suspect. [5] He was re-elected from the same seat.
On 12 January 2023,the Income Tax Department raided Hossain's properties including his house,rice mill,and other beedi factories in Raghunathganj,Suti,and Samserganj in Murshidabad,among other areas. [3] They seized Rs 10.90 crore in cash. [6] However,Hossain denied any wrongdoing as he claimed this money was for salaries to the laborers working in his mills. [7]
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