Toraf Hossain Mandal | |
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| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mahmuda Begum |
| Constituency | Kumarganj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) Doraha,West Dinajpur district,West Bengal |
| Political party | Trinamool Congress |
| Alma mater | Balurghat College |
| Occupation | Politician |
Toraf Hossain Mandal is an Indian social worker and politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. [1] [2]
Mandal was born in 1959 to a Bengali family of Muslim Mandals in the village of Doraha in West Dinajpur district,West Bengal. He was the son of Haji Rahimuddin Mandal. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Balurghat College (affiliated with University of North Bengal) in 1985. [3]
Mandal worked at a madrasa. He successfully contested in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as a Trinamool Congress candidate for the Kumarganj Assembly constituency,defeating Marxist candidate Mafuja Khatun. [4] [5] Mandal regained his seat in Kumarganj following the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he defeated the Hindutva-aligned BJP-WB candidate Manas Sarkar. [6]