Rafikul Islam | |
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Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2016–2021 | |
Preceded by | Biplab Mitra |
Succeeded by | Biplab Mitra |
Constituency | Harirampur |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 (age 68–69) Harirampur,West Dinajpur district,West Bengal |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Rafikul Islam (born 1956) is an Indian farmer,social worker and politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Islam was born in 1956 to a Bengali Muslim family in Harirampur,West Dinajpur district,West Bengal. He is the son of Shamsher Ali and passed his Higher Secondary Certificate from the Harirampur Abdus Sobhan Dewan Mahammad High School. [1]
Islam was elected to the Harirampur Assembly constituency at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly following the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he contested as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate and defeated former MLA and Trinamool politician Biplab Mitra. [2] [3] He contested in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election but lost to Mitra. [4]