Mamata Thakur | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal | |
Assumed office 3 April 2024 | |
Preceded by | Subhasish Chakraborty |
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from West Bengal | |
In office 16 February 2015 –23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Kapil Krishna Thakur |
Succeeded by | Shantanu Thakur |
Constituency | Bangaon |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 May 1967 57) Chandrapur,Maharashtra,India | (age
Political party | Trinamool Congress |
Profession | Social worker Politician |
Mamata Thakur (born 15 May 1967),is an Indian politician and member of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal,and belongs to the Trinamool Congress. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in a 2015 by-election,representing Bangaon from the TMC. [1] She came second in 2019 election,losing to BJP's candidate.
Mamata Thakur was nominated as Trinamool Congress party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in 2024. [2]
From March 2015 she served as a member of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment;the term ended when that Lok Sabha was dissolved in 2019. She is a Matua Maha religious mother of the Matua Mahasangha community. She lives in the town of Thakurnagar.