Manturam Pakhira | |
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Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal | |
Assumed office November 2012 | |
Preceded by | Shyamal Mondal |
Constituency | Kakdwip |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Residence(s) | Bamanagar,Kakdwip,South 24 Parganas district,West Bengal,India |
Manturam Pakhira is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sundarbans Affairs in the Council of Ministers of West Bengal. He is son of Kalipada Pakhira,he is a social worker. [1] On 30 September 2020,he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and thereafter hospitalized in Beleghata Infectious Disease Hospital in Kolkata. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
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