Becharam Manna

Becharam Manna is an Indian politician representing Trinamool Congress. He won the Haripal seat by a margin of 22,000 votes, in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly elections. The Singur seat was retained by the sitting Trinamool Congress MLA, Rabindranath Bhattacharya.[1][2] He also became Minister of State of the Agriculture Department, Government of West Bengal for few days.[3]

Becharam Manna
MLA
Assumed office
2011
Preceded byBharati Mukherjee of CPI(M)
ConstituencyHaripal
Personal details
Political partyTrinamool Congress

He was the first person to challenge the Tata group at Singur, when the Nano plant was being constructed.[4] He is the convener of Krishi Jami Raksha Samiti, a group agitating for the protection of agricultural land.[5]

Background

Becharam Manna belongs to a poor family of sharecroppers living at Ratanpur. He studied up to class X and holds a diploma from an Industrial Training Institute. He worked in a jute mill for some time.[5][6] After winning in the elections, he confirmed that at Singur land had been “forcibly taken from nearly 2,900 villagers”.[7]

References
  1. "Haripal". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  2. "Singur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  3. "Singur MLA shares dais with Becharam Manna". timesofindia.com. March 14, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. "Bengal polls: Singur's 'Nano' politics". NDTV 10 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  5. "The world of Becharam Manna". Times of India, 3 October 2008. 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  6. "87 'criminal' candidates in Bengal polls' fourth, fifth phases". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  7. "Singur hopes to get back 400 acres by Uttam Dutta". im4change. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
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